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Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Far off in a dream
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![]() Yay! I've been searching for this forever! And only 6 bucks at B&N, I got lucky...
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The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! ![]() "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come." |
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Long lost mooter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,342
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I've read them both and liked them. "Smith" is a little hard to understand at times (one of those where you have to re-read parts to try to get the underlying meaning), but Farmer Giles is GREAT. I LOVE that story!
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Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Far off in a dream
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![]() I've read the first couple of pages of "Farmer" since it's first, and it is kind of confusing. But then again, it was midnight, so....
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The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! ![]() "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come." |
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: California
Posts: 60,865
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Never read Smith, how is it?
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Long lost mooter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Florida
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It's a strange story, but it's so short it's really worth reading, esp. for Tolkein fans. I liked it.
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Ithilien
Posts: 203
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I read Farmer Giles of Ham over spring break. I liked it.
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Darkness
Posts: 1,211
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Both are good stories.
I also HIGHLY recommend "Leaf by Niggle". It's very interesting, when you consider who Niggle could be seen to represent.
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 610
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"Smith" & "Farmer" are great! Didn't think "Smith" was confusing at all, read it in one sitting (and really should reread it soon, it's such a beautiful little tale).
Heard "Niggle" was well worth reading, should look it up next time i go bookstore-hopping... breathe - relax - semester's over, aryne * |
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Middle Earth (I wish)
Posts: 670
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Yeah, "Niggle" was good. Read it on the way home from my sister's B-Ball game. But I thought Tolkien disliked allegory. It seemed kinda like one to me.
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Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!!
Posts: 1,086
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I bought that book this morning, I've already rented it from the libary and read it, but I needed to add it to my Tolkien book collection (Now 25 books
![]() I love the story, I fell in love with Garm. ![]() (I got it for 4$, bought it in Las Vegas before I took the 20 hour flight back home.) |
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Not where I want to be ...
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Yes, Garm's funny! I have read both Smith and Farmer Giles and like them both. Smith is interesting and has a rather sad aura about it. Tolkien once said it wasn't a story for children or something like that in one of his letters - here it is, from letter 299 - "An old man's book, already weighted with the presage of 'bereavement'." Leaf by Niggle is also very interesting.
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: somewhere between here and there
Posts: 116
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![]() I was lucky enough to find a REALLY old one, like, from the sixties. It's cool, its got medievel style illistrations.
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The Fleet-Footed
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: British Columbia
Posts: 913
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Not where I want to be ...
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Any other comments on Smith? It was really interesting to me, and I'd like to hear some Mooter's opinions on it.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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