The Silmarillion by Tolkien
The Silmarillion by Tolkien
Right now my favorite books, next to the dark tower, are the harry potter books..
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Monte,
Doesn't it seem to you that she didn't write blood canticle?
I hard heard rumors that her son was Ghostwriting for her there at the end, because she didn't want to finish them herself.
as for the first 10. awesome. do you have them all? I have them in a box, and I was going to sell them on ebay. If you want to pay for the shipping though, you can have them all. gratis.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
Yeah, the movie is brilliant. The book is better.
I do have them all but thank you so much for the offer. I've only read Canticle once and I don't remember thinking that is was ghostwritten. It certainly is possible. I recently re-read Lestat through Pandora but stopped to read something else.Originally Posted by JohnBlaze
Um, the more I think on it, I guess I can see the Blackwood books kinda written by somebody else. I had read that she was tired of the vampire/witch novels and combining them into one was one way to rid herself of them quickly. Who knows?
What's your favorite? Mine is either Lestat or Memnoch I think.
memoch is awesome, but I'd have to say i like Pandora alot. and Lestat is cool too. idk, i like the first 10 as my faves
the last 2, idk. I dont think blackwood farm was ghostwritten, because at least it is in the same style as the rest.
But Blood Canticle is suspect as hell yo.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Well, at least she won't mess them up anymore. She only writes about the jesus now.
my jaw dropped when I first found that out. I was watching TV and saw an interview with Ms. Rice and I was shocked.
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
To Kill a Mockingbird
There are other worlds than these.
"You brought your bitch to the Waffle Hut?"
"(859): You were wearing a sombrero. And a crown. And told me to use the nerf gun to protect your room from the cat. You don't have a cat."
~ texts from last night
do you know what is under represented here??
Chick Lit...I mean easy reading with obvious and predictable characters and endings...kind of like comfort food...I like to read it when I DON'T want to think.
Oh, I am happy to admit that I really enjoy a good trashy romance every once in a while.
LOTR and DT are AMAZING reading, that keep you so engrossed that you fall in love with the characters....sometimes I like to read something ...ummm..easier!!
Oh, I like Fantasy, Anne McCaffery's Dragon Books
When I need "comfort food", I always re-read Wodehouse or McBain. Thank God, they've written quite a lot. Now, for example, it's McBain; I got to about one third of my 87th Precinct collection, which occupies a whole shelf.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
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Yay! another Pern fan!
welcome Glam, it's good to see ya.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Add me to the list! The little Harper Hall Trilogy is something I will grab and read when I don't have anything else and I want/need something to read. I love it.Yay! another Pern fan!
welcome Glam, it's good to see ya.
Good to be here...I really owe you a PM.Yay! another Pern fan!
welcome Glam, it's good to see ya.
I hope you are doing well!!
Yes, the stories of Menolly and Piemur are great fluff for easy reading. My favorite book of all the Pern books is The Masterharper, though. It's just a great story.Add me to the list! The little Harper Hall Trilogy is something I will grab and read when I don't have anything else and I want/need something to read. I love it.Yay! another Pern fan!
welcome Glam, it's good to see ya.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I'd have to go with The Godfather by Mario Puzo. I give it credit as being the book that really got me into reading. So, without it, you wouldn't all have the joy of B Rag!
Wait, maybe that's not the best advertisement for it...
Have you heard of people with short fuses? Well, I have no fuse at all, and there's a thousand could testify to it if I hadn't stilled their tongues for good.
You can't ignore my girth.
48 by James Herbert.
Shannarah Epic by Terry Brooks.
Otherland Epic by Tad Williams.
Yes, the stories of Menolly and Piemur are great fluff for easy reading. My favorite book of all the Pern books is The Masterharper, though. It's just a great story.Add me to the list! The little Harper Hall Trilogy is something I will grab and read when I don't have anything else and I want/need something to read. I love it.Yay! another Pern fan!
welcome Glam, it's good to see ya.
I confess I haven't read that one yet. And he is one of my favorite characters. I know.... I need to.
Show of hands... who cried at the end of All the Weyrs of Pern?
*Raises both hands*
I LOVE to cry with books!!Yes, the stories of Menolly and Piemur are great fluff for easy reading. My favorite book of all the Pern books is The Masterharper, though. It's just a great story.Add me to the list! The little Harper Hall Trilogy is something I will grab and read when I don't have anything else and I want/need something to read. I love it.Yay! another Pern fan!
welcome Glam, it's good to see ya.
I confess I haven't read that one yet. And he is one of my favorite characters. I know.... I need to.
Show of hands... who cried at the end of All the Weyrs of Pern?
*Raises both hands*
I started reading her writing in Middle school...I can't believe that I still love it and rememeber it so vividly today!!
Dude, come on, I'm a manly man.Yes, the stories of Menolly and Piemur are great fluff for easy reading. My favorite book of all the Pern books is The Masterharper, though. It's just a great story.Add me to the list! The little Harper Hall Trilogy is something I will grab and read when I don't have anything else and I want/need something to read. I love it.Yay! another Pern fan!
welcome Glam, it's good to see ya.
besides, even if I wasn't I'm a guy in a public forum, which means that even if I did cry, which I didn't, i'd me ashamed, which i'm not, because I didn't cry, to tell it in public.
But you know,....he was the masterharper....and then he was dead.... ::sniff sniff::
but of course, I would never, you know, cry. It's not like it was The Bridge to Terabithia.... which of course I didn't cry in either!
nevermind.
I confess I haven't read that one yet. And he is one of my favorite characters. I know.... I need to.
Show of hands... who cried at the end of All the Weyrs of Pern?
*Raises both hands*
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
The Dune series.
This is amazing. Who has read it?
"You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think." - Duma Key
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Zone, I loved Dune, but was quite disappointed with the rest of the series. I even read the books his son wrote, House Harkonnen etc, but lost interest before I could finish them all.
I would go with Great Expectations (Dickens), Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury) and The Hobbit (Tolkien) as my staples - other than that theres so many from so many genres.
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2. Plus, where I live in the UK is still very much dominated by Bertie Wooster born into money types so its quite satirical for me.
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3. I would go with Great Expectations (Dickens), Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury) and The Hobbit (Tolkien) as my staples - other than that theres so many from so many genres.
2. I can only wish that nowadays rich kids were as magnanimous and kind as Wooster was, - I only recently fully realized that's what he was, with all his fear of aunts/engagements and ignorance and all.
3. Dickens is my favorite author ever. Not Great Expectations, though; nor, come to think of it, any of his novels in particular. Just - Dickens.
Something Wicked This Way Comes is damn good... but I can never think of it as a novel, rather a very, very long poem in prose; that's what all Bradbury prose is like, though.
and Tolkien bores me like hell...
::runs away::
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ha ha! You should be applauded for having the balls to say you find Tolkien boringI prefer The Hobbit to LotR because of the lack of history lessons in it - I presume thats what bores you about Tolkien? His over involvement (at times) in his own mythology? I love the Hobbit for many reasons, one being it was the first proper book my father read to me and LotR because I think its such an English book at heart, I see it as a great fantasy adventure, but also a commentary on how English countryside (The Shire) has been ruined by industry.
As for Bertie Wooster, you're right, his heart of gold was his redeeming feature - Jeeves would never of stuck with him had it not been so. Most of the rich kids round here are more of the "cads and bounders" variety!
[QUOTE=Jean;7246][QUOTE=Darkthoughts;7243]Oh! Heretic! Heretic!
We're on our way with the torches and the pitchforks!!
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