- what was your favourite part of this book?
- hugo's world. where he lives. all the descriptions of where he lives. the train station itself, especially the secret apartment.
- you listened to this as an audiobook. did you feel like anything was missing or added?
- all the crazy sound scenes are actually just pictures in the original book. i don't particularly like that any better.
- would you go back and read the novel?
- maybe. because i already know the whole story, but i want to see the pictures.
- do you want to read wonderstruck (also by selznick)? audio or print?
- both. i want YOU to read it to me.
- you seemed to relate both to hugo and to georges melies. in what ways?
- i like doing magic. i don't know how to describe it, but hugo just seems like me, kind of.
- what did this book inspire you to do?
- MAKE MOVIES!
- you also watched melies' "a trip to the moon" on youtube. tell me your thoughts.
- it was amazing. i can't believe he did the first science fiction film in history. i really liked how the aliens looked.
- some people might wonder what the point is of books like this. try and convince parents and teachers that this book is a valuable learning experience.
- it displays the real magic of the normal world. because it could all have actually happened, even though you know it didn't.
