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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Note to self - raid the bookshelf next time I visit.
Oh, I'm sorry - am I making you hungry? :-)
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
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> Gail Shaw wrote:
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> > Note to self - raid the bookshelf next time I visit.
>
> Oh, I'm sorry - am I making you hungry? :-)
Huh?
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:03:00 +0200, Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Actually, I recall a number of people urging me to read The Hobbit.
>> After a chapter or two I was bored stupid. Watching paint dry would
>> have been more fun.
>>
>> Oddly, the LotR films are really quite good. I don't know how they
>> managed to get so much excitement out of such a dull series of books...
>>
>>
> I feel that the style of The Hobbit is a little different from that of
> the LotR books. I still prefer the LotR even after reading each many
> times...
Well, the Hobbit was written as a children's story, IIRC....LOTR wasn't.
Jim
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:17:09 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
> Do not even try reading the Silmarillion. It reads like a history text
> book.
Ain't *that* the truth. I found it to be very difficult to read - ended
up starting it 3 times before I read it all the way through.
Jim
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:14:38 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:480f9338$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:16:45 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
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>> > Let's see, in the last week and a half, I've reread Daughter of the
>> > Empire, Servant of the Empire, Mistress of the Empire (by Raymond E
>> > Feist and Janny Wurts) and 3/4 reread Magician (Raymond E Feist)
>>
>> I need to reread those again - have you read Fairie Tale? Very well
>> written, but also quite scary (particularly if you have kids the age of
>> the kids in the book). I think that one is one of Feist's best.
>
> No. I have a friend threatening to lend me the book. So far she hasn't
> made good on the threat.
> Note to self - raid the bookshelf next time I visit.
I've only read it a couple of times, but it was - for me - a book I
really couldn't put down once I started. First time I read it, I read it
straight through, finished up about 3AM. Not a good time to finish
reading a book of that type, either - every little creak in the house
made me jump.
Jim
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:17:09 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
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> > Do not even try reading the Silmarillion. It reads like a history text
> > book.
>
> Ain't *that* the truth. I found it to be very difficult to read - ended
> up starting it 3 times before I read it all the way through.
I've never read it cover to cover. I use it more as a reference book.
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:03:00 +0200, Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:
>
>> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Actually, I recall a number of people urging me to read The Hobbit.
>>> After a chapter or two I was bored stupid. Watching paint dry would
>>> have been more fun.
>>>
>>> Oddly, the LotR films are really quite good. I don't know how they
>>> managed to get so much excitement out of such a dull series of books...
>>>
>>>
>> I feel that the style of The Hobbit is a little different from that of
>> the LotR books. I still prefer the LotR even after reading each many
>> times...
>
> Well, the Hobbit was written as a children's story, IIRC....LOTR wasn't.
>
Yep I think it's exactly why I feel this way... More depth in the story.
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Vincent
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:22:38 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:480fa61d$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:17:09 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
>>
>> > Do not even try reading the Silmarillion. It reads like a history
>> > text book.
>>
>> Ain't *that* the truth. I found it to be very difficult to read -
>> ended up starting it 3 times before I read it all the way through.
>
> I've never read it cover to cover. I use it more as a reference book.
That's almost gotta be a better way to use it.
Have you read The Children of Hurin? I've got the book on CDs, but
haven't opened it yet.
Jim
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:37:51 +0200, Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:
> Yep I think it's exactly why I feel this way... More depth in the story.
Absolutely - Hobbit is relatively short as a result, too - doesn't have
the "Epic" feel. But it's part of the history of Middle Earth, along
with oh so many other stories, ranging from the Farmer Giles stories to
the books Christopher Tolkien released as part of the "History of Middle
Earth" series (a few of which I have, but haven't read).
Jim
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Darren New wrote:
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> It's sometimes fun trying to figure out what my wife (who learned
> Chinese first) is asking when she comes across a word she doesn't know.
> "What's a mig-non?"
>
Don't know, my first though that it was a very fast flying female monk,
but it is probably english and not dutch.
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