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Posted by Melvin13 (Member # 6671) on :
 
EDIT- THIS THREAD MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE SHORT STORY "LOST BOYS"

I read a short story in a book by Card "The Hanged man" the story was lost boys. I didn't quite get what haapened. Is there anyone who had read it that will tell me what happened?

[ July 06, 2004, 11:32 PM: Message edited by: Melvin13 ]
 

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Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
 
I know what happens in the book "Lost Boys", but if it's not the same story...well, I'd look like an idiot, now wouldn't I? Oh, wait, I already do. Nevermind.
 

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Posted by Bekenn (Member # 6602) on :
 
Ack, that's a difficult question to answer. It's not difficult because what happened is unclear; rather, I just absolutely hate the idea of posting it on a public forum where people who haven't read the story might come across it.

Suffice to say, the story is fiction, despite the characters OSC uses here.

Edit: Oh, yeah, and the novel is the same story, just expanded and with different character names.

[ July 05, 2004, 08:28 PM: Message edited by: Bekenn ]
 

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Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
 
x-files.
 

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Posted by Melvin13 (Member # 6671) on :
 
I think I'll read it again. Maybe I'll get more of it.

I knew it was fiction, I read the afterward. I'm glad I did, sounded scary even if I didn't know what was going on...

[ July 05, 2004, 09:49 PM: Message edited by: Melvin13 ]
 

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Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
 
If you still can't understand what's happened after you read it again, send me an e-mail or contact me on AIM and I'll try to help you out.

I found the end more sad than scary...far scarier to never know what happened than to know the truth, at least for me.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
It was sad, Boon, and a terrible shock. I cried after the disbelief and shock wore off. It was really one of Mr. Card's best pieces of writing all the way around.
 

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Posted by Melvin13 (Member # 6671) on :
 
I don't quite get how the boys can come over for Christmas when they're dead, or how they lose Scotty in the end. If you could email me that'd be great.
Melvin588@msn.com

Thanks
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
*MILD SPOILER WARNING*

It's a ghost story. With one more ghost than you'd initially expect.
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Melvin - you should edit your last post to either delete the spoiler or add big spoiler warnings.

Dagonee
 

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Posted by Bekenn (Member # 6602) on :
 
Agreed; that was precisely what I was trying to avoid giving away.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Hey Melvin, welcome to Hatrack!!
 

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Posted by Melvin13 (Member # 6671) on :
 
Hey thanks!

At the begining of the story it said that the story was real (I know it's not) so I didn't think there would be ghosts, are there ghosts?
 

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Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
 
In short, yes. I'll send you an email tomorrow with my thoughts. Read on!
 

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Posted by Bekenn (Member # 6602) on :
 
The thing about Lost Boys is, it's a ghost story. Ghost stories are always more compelling when you think that maybe, just maybe, this time it's for real.
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
Well, Joe and Frank were really in a bind this time. Fortunately for them, Chet's latest fad was just what the doctor ordered. He came whizzing in just in the nick of time to save the day.
 

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Posted by UTAH (Member # 5032) on :
 
The boys were in their "spirit" form. Is that the definition of a "ghost"?
 

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Posted by Melvin13 (Member # 6671) on :
 
"In short, yes. I'll send you an email tomorrow with my thoughts. Read on! "

Thanks.

PS: why don't you have all that vb code stuff like other forums, like quotes?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Ah, here's how it works.

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