fishy
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« Reply #30 on: December 25, 2010, 08:47:49 AM » |
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Silmarillion not a single book, it is really is a collection of "books" in one book. That confuses people.
This is very true. If one approached it as a collection of short-stories, one might do better. A cycle, perhaps. Also, I have been able to go back & read individual stories. I'm fond of Blind Guardian's "Nightfall in Middle Earth," which is based on the Silmarillion and when I first listened to it I had to look up references. Yes, because the way the stories are written are very different. When reading them as "a whole" it makes a very confused read with lots and lots of namedropping, namechanging etc etc. I see it as written pieces from long ago by different authors compiled into one book. Like the Bible. |
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I say to you againe, doe not call up Any that you can not put downe; by the Which I meane, Any that can in Turne call up somewhat against you, whereby your Powerfullest Devices may not be of use. Ask of the Lesser, lest the Greater shall not wish to Answer, and shall commande more than you.
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Raindog
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« Reply #31 on: December 26, 2010, 04:34:27 AM » |
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I'm reading 'The Strain' by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. So far it's a real page turner and the dread builds up nicely.
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« Reply #32 on: December 29, 2010, 02:58:20 AM » |
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I found a really great site through Reddit the other day. It links to DagonBytes for Lovecraft and Poe, but has a TON of .pdfs to download. Basically it's got every classic of western horror you could ever want to read. Check it out. You'll keep yourself busy for a while! http://www.horrormasters.com/Themes/horror_classics.htmThanks for the link. This is a huge collection! I am currently reading Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and Hiram Grange & the Twelve Little Hitlers by Scott Christian Carr. Uh-oh... now I see there are more two more books available. Dang. I have to buy them. |
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« Reply #33 on: December 29, 2010, 05:24:45 AM » |
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I recently started reading the A Song Of Ice And Fire series. I just finished A Game Of Thrones, about to start on A Clash Of Kings.
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Ruth - CthulhuChick
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« Reply #34 on: December 29, 2010, 07:08:27 AM » |
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I recently started reading the A Song Of Ice And Fire series. I just finished A Game Of Thrones, about to start on A Clash Of Kings.
George R.R. Martin is a sadist. ...just my two cents on that series.  But I will read the 2nd & 3rd if he writes a conclusion. Otherwise I'm not going to put myself through the pain for naught. |
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Genus Unknown
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« Reply #35 on: December 29, 2010, 09:34:50 AM » |
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Went out yesterday on lunch break and got three volumes of REH's Conan the Cimmerian stories. I desperately need a new writer over whom to obsessively "nerd out," and I think REH is the man for the job.
Anyone know where I can find some of his Western and boxing stories?
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Rev Tullos
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« Reply #36 on: December 29, 2010, 11:21:05 AM » |
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Right now?
The God Who is There by Francis Schaffer (good old classic apologetical/philosophical text)
Shogun by James Clavell (a little Japanese historical novel to round out my geekiness)
The CoC 1920s Source Book (to get ready for a game I hope to gm soon)
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Job 14:14? Yep!
"The sort of people who covet life and fear death are not those to discuss any great undertaking." Ma Teng, Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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fishy
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« Reply #37 on: December 29, 2010, 11:21:22 AM » |
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Just read Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu..great stuff when you are tired ! (and i mean that in a positive way).
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« Reply #38 on: December 29, 2010, 05:00:45 PM » |
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Just read Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu..great stuff when you are tired ! (and i mean that in a positive way).
That's funny...I was just reading The Tao of Pooh to my niece and nephew over the holidays... |
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'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
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« Reply #39 on: December 30, 2010, 12:04:54 AM » |
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I am reading "In Hero Years I'm Dead" by Michale Stackpole. It is described as a noir superhero novel.
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Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs,
Upon the slimy Sea.
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« Reply #40 on: December 30, 2010, 02:48:09 PM » |
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That's funny...I was just reading The Tao of Pooh to my niece and nephew over the holidays...
That is a great book! I love that book. It was my choice when we did a display of favorite books, here at the library. |
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fishy
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« Reply #41 on: December 30, 2010, 05:20:12 PM » |
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Just read Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu..great stuff when you are tired ! (and i mean that in a positive way).
That's funny...I was just reading The Tao of Pooh to my niece and nephew over the holidays... A good book, but a bit over the top at times. I just wish that he was not so damned political at certain places. |
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« Reply #42 on: December 30, 2010, 05:32:03 PM » |
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I've been trying to get though The Conquest of Bread by anarchist-communist Peter Kropotkin, but being written in 1892 it's pretty dense and filled with economic-isms that don't really apply to modern society as much as it could be.
Also just got De Profundis: Cthulhu gaming at the edge of madness. I hope I can use it as a way to get my friends interested in the works of HP Lovecraft.
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« Reply #43 on: January 01, 2011, 04:54:28 PM » |
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I use Audible for most books now; am listening to True Grit.
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boysmithers
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« Reply #44 on: January 03, 2011, 11:22:10 AM » |
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I'm also reading Kraken by China Mieville, The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen and some Hellboy comics.
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