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04-25-2005, 01:17 AM
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King of Nargothrond
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Well Tolkien obviously...
The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay was beautiful The Chronicles of Narnia and Screwtape Letter by C.S. Lewis both gave me very interesting insights into my faith. Also, To Kill A Mockingbird
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04-25-2005, 04:39 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun!  Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"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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05-01-2005, 08:08 AM
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: In the kitchen ...... still!
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"Cry, The Beloved Country", by Alan Paton
I read this book when I was a teenager and it opened my eyes to the injustices of the world. (And of course, "The Lord of the Rings" must rate a mention as the most life-changing book since it has kept me occupied for thousands of hours  )
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05-01-2005, 09:24 AM
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I agree Adonai, "Of Mice and Men" was a very, very sad book. But it was good. It reminds me that I also want to read "The Grapes of Wrath".
And since people seem quite fond of this book in this thread... I'm going to put "Till We Have Faces" on the list. Now... I read this great book ages ago, in which a high school is made to play a large-scale game for social studies class. Every student in the class draws a coloured strip of cloth from a bag. There were about four colours, and each represented a "class". The higher classes got certain priviledges in the school. Soon, there were disagreements between the different classes, even though the poeple in them were randomly selected. Finally, some of the people got sick of the game, and staged a protest with the different colours of arm bands sewn together. Some people from the highest class opposed them. I thought this book was "The Color Purple", but it is not. Has anyone read this book? I loved it, and I want to read it again.
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"I can add some more, if you'd like it. Calling your Chief Names, Wishing to Punch his Pimply Face, and Thinking you Shirriffs look a lot of Tom-fools." - Sam Gamgee, p. 340, Return of the King Quote:
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05-22-2004, 05:41 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
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But I think that Feist needs to get first for me, because of him I started to read Fantasy and that's how I got in touch with Tolkien and from there it went backwards till I ended up here... 
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06-14-2004, 06:38 PM
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Hobbit
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
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One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich really changed my way of thinking
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06-17-2004, 07:07 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"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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06-18-2004, 12:39 AM
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Elven Warrior
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06-18-2004, 04:30 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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Whew! If you do that, let me know what they think! It took me 20 years to understand that book ...
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"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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04-14-2005, 06:02 PM
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The Intermittent One
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: here and there
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My Life by Leon Trotsky would have to rank quite high up on 'life-changer' status |
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04-15-2005, 02:10 AM
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Arthedian
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Watchers by Dean R Koontz, it was that book that got me into reading when I was younger. Since then I have been slowely building a personal library!
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04-15-2005, 04:52 PM
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Hobbit
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Middle earth
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Books what books i see no books here
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04-15-2005, 06:43 PM
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Magnificent Master of Buckland
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Definately The Lord of the Rings. I used to be a "normal" person, then I saw the movies. Then I read the books; then I joined Entmoot. Now I scare my friends.
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