This one shocks me a little.
This one shocks me a little.
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
Based on the reading preferences of most of the people on this site? surprise? (and I realise thats a *very* wide brush I just tarred everyone with...)Originally Posted by SirFolio16
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
bears are only surprised (pleasantly so!) that Dostoyevsky has come that high!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know that I am in the minority on this but I am not really impressed with Tolkien. I thought The Hobbit and LOTR was good but not great. IMHO large portions of the books are just filler that drag the story down. To me his books always felt like a bed time story for that kid that just wont go to sleep and needs the story to be dragged out a bit.
Please don't shoot me.
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
Quick! Donate some money before Bill reads this!
never mind
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
LOL... it's my weakness...
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
Minions!! Kill, Maim and destroy, Sirfolio!!!! After the HF!!!Quick! Donate some money before Bill reads this!
never mind
Not like the LOTR!!!! OMG!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Wow harsh!!! At least I have a few more months to live... If it helps I do love Gandalf...
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
What can I say? I'm very passionate in this regard!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Fair enough... To each his own... At least I am not a Mets fan... Go Yankees!!!
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
All joking (on my side) aside I would like to note one more thing. I stand by the fact that I am not a fan of Tolkien, but I do realize what his works have meant to the genre. He helped to inspire some of my favorite authors. And as I said I do love Gandalf. And while this may seem odd I would also like to mention that I am a contributing (financially) member of the Tolkien Society. I may not love Tolkien but I do realize how important his works are.
Thank you all for your patience. I will now stop derailing this thread (sorry about that by the way).
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
Okay minions, the "contract" is off on him. He respects, Tolkien and what more can you ask? You're "Okay" in my book, Ray!! I'll even give ya a coupla "LOL" for your candor and support. LOL
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Knowing the truth behind Middle Earth and Tolkiens reasonings for writing his books makes me sad he won this....a linguist who just needed a world for the languages he created beats an artist who captures humanity better than anyone else I've read....sigh....
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can't deny that I tend to agree with the above sentiment (and definitions)
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Frodo Lives!!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
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