Le Petite Prince

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If all I could leave this planet with was one book, the little prince would be it - pure philosphy, great drawings, and something to hold onto when it all gets too tough. Thoughts?

― Geoff, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I never really got it. It seemed twee.

― anthony, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Mixed feelings. Classic but made dud by the people who love this book too much, like B&S records, as a few here certainly think... It's great, but hey! not THAT great. Come on people.

― Simon, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I love the Little Prince. Does this make me sad?

― Ally, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Nah. If you only loved the film version, though, *that's* sad.

Been a *very* long while since I read it last, and my guess is that some of the stuff that either bemused me or seemed to drag would be clearer now. I liked the various planets with the characters on them - - the drunk was a nut.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

By logic, the film is better than the book — and the novelisation is what you should leave the planet with.

― mark s, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Prince is masculine, dontcha mean Le Petit Prince? Or La Petite Princesse.....

Anyway. I agree with everyone who says it is ickily twee.

― Emma, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I liked Sign O'The Times, but the nineties saw him spiral into cod funk hell.

― Pete, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I thought it was OK, but not as good as James and the Giant Peach.

― masonic boom, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

i actually just bought myself a copy of the little prince the other day to cheer me up. its one of my favorite books ever. im thinking of using the drawing of his rose as my next tatoo. classic.

― amy, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I dont think I ever actually made it all the way through the text but the picture of him as king of a planet which was about as big as he was sticks with me.

― Tom, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

enjoyed it all right. it was better in the original french. luckily, i'd already read it before i was required to for grade 10 french class.

was the tv show a canadian thing only? i watched it a lot as a kid.

the more i think about it, actually, geoff, the more that seems an inspired choice. i'm not sure what i'd bring -- hmmm . . .

― sundar subramanian, Wednesday, 18 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

four months pass...

Arghhh im supposed to read this book in French, can anyone tell me where i can find something in english about the book???

― Linda, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

You can get the English translation in pretty much any bookshop here (UK - don't know where you are). Also various biographies of Saint Exupery, including a recent one that said he was a bit of a bastard... There's stuff all over the internet, inc. the official website http://www.saint-exupery.org/

― Madchen, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

All the brown-cuordoroy&turquoise-medallion-wearing moms of the seventies tried to press copies of the Li'l Prince on their sons in a vain attempt to lure them away their Alice Cooper "Killer" & Kiss "Destroyer" LP's. The boys who took the bait ended up following bands named after places like Kansas and America (twee buttrock?).

St-Ex was a French resistance fighter, shot down by the rockist Nazi scourge over North Africa so if he was a bastard, he was a cool bastard nonetheless.

Li'l Prince was allegedly the 3rd most-read book in the 20th Century (after the Bible & the Qu'uran). Doesn't that seem odd? Maybe the numbers are inflated because the Hippies just kept buying new copies when they got too stoned and left them on the bus.

― fritz, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

five months pass...

I was forced to read it for french class, in french. I didnt quite understand it all until I re-read it, this time in english. It is a good book.

― Jon, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Wonderfully wonder book.
Had to read it many a time, I would and have read it on my own.

― Mr noodles, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Je pense que vous etes stupide parce que vous ne comprenez pas le livre.

― Pierre, Thursday, 30 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Tais-toi

― Matt, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one year passes...

I absolutely love Le petit prince. This book is just wonderful. When I first read it, i thought it was just a childs bokk, but when i read it again later i started to understand the thoughts behind. I don't think i'll ever will understand it to the maximum, but i hope i will.

Greetings from Norway

― Rikke, Saturday, 24 January 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mad props to Geoff for starting this thread. I was thinking 'bout this just the other day. I think it's probably one of the most important books ever written. I've never known of a tweeist cult surrounding this book. Sounds like BOLLOCKS TO ME. But then again, I tend to lean THATTA way. I've never erected an altar in its honor, and I've only read it thrice, but as it goes, I find it pretty essential for what it tries to convey. And growing flowers on the moon's pretty rad too.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Saturday, 24 January 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

I actually have a Le Petit Prince bag, though I never take it anywhere on account of its revolting tweeness. In fact, anyone who wouldn't be embarrassed to own a Le Petit Prince bag can email me and I'll post it to you. I do love the book though.

― Cathy (Cathy), Saturday, 24 January 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

one month passes...

I have a friend trying to figure out what this book is about. I personally speak spanish. Can anyone fill me in??

― Lily, Sunday, 29 February 2004 20:40 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

The book is a piece of crap i hated it

― Rita, Friday, 23 April 2004 16:37 (twenty years ago) link

Are you, or have you ever been, a member of sinister?

― the bellefox, Friday, 23 April 2004 16:38 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...

this book really is awesome.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 29 July 2005 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link

When I was in high school I met this wonderful literate guy I had a big crush on, who I spent some time hanging with. One day he drew me this squiggle that looked like a hat and said "so whats this, then?". As I hadn't read the book I said I didnt know... I dont think I even said "a hat". He was most disappointed.

Some time later at Xmas I was presented with a hardback copy of The Little Prince with an inky scrawly dedication from my friend on the inside cover. It is, and remains, one of my most treasured posessions for so many reasons.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 29 July 2005 04:57 (nineteen years ago) link

three years pass...

has anyone ever read any of saint-exupery's other books? i read "night flight" a long time ago and remember it being well-written but not remotely in the same class as le petit prince — vaguely fascistic, actually.

― J.D., Thursday, 18 December 2008 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link

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