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Happy Monkey · 10-22-2005, 11:38 PM

Now I'm reading the Rising Stars comic anthology in hardback and the new Thomas Covenant book. Next on the stack is Devil in the White City.

BigV · 10-23-2005, 12:52 AM

Ooooh, the White Gold Wielder. That takes me right back. I found Thomas Covenant a very entertaining anti-hero.

wolf · 10-23-2005, 02:23 PM

I always thought that Thomas Covenant was a much more compelling and independent character in our world, and a terrible, terrible whiner every time he hit his head and ended up There.

busterb · 10-23-2005, 07:18 PM

Animosity by David Lindsey

Happy Monkey · 10-23-2005, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I always thought that Thomas Covenant was a much more compelling and independent character in our world, and a terrible, terrible whiner every time he hit his head and ended up There.

That was kinda the point.

As for whether you enjoy reading his whining, that's another story.

wolf · 10-23-2005, 09:39 PM

No, I didn't enjoy reading his whining. I also didn't get WHY strong and independent and cranky ass Thomas magically turned into a Wimp in The Land. And yes, I read them more and once, just to be sure. Just like LOTR.

Rock Steady · 10-23-2005, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

It Takes a Family - Rick Santorum

Yes, really.

Autographed copy.

He goes to Penguins games with a jersey with his last name on it. Last time I was there I was behind him in the beer line. I almost said to him "You never saw a defense expediture you didnt' like, eh?" But, then I decided I was there for the hockey.

DanaC · 10-24-2005, 11:16 AM

" Ooooh, the White Gold Wielder. That takes me right back. I found Thomas Covenant a very entertaining anti-hero."

Man, I loved that whole sequence. I read the First Chronicles when I was 12 and the second Chronicles when I was about 14. It had a huge effect on me, because my whole family read it and passed the books around. It was just before my Mum and Dad split up so it sticks in my mind as the very last "family" thing we did together. Thomas remains my favourite ever Anti hero

Anybody ever read Donaldon's Gap series? Awesome Space Opera on the grandest of scales

SteveDallas · 10-25-2005, 04:37 PM

I just finished Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music by Blair Tindall. This book is part memoir, part indictment of the classical music industry. Tindall, an oboist who grew up in North Carolina and moved to Manhattan after graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts' high school program, played a lot of oboe between the ages of 15 and 40, and by her own admission played very, very few jobs that she didn't obtain by sleeping with someone. By all accounts she is a good oboist, though I was amused by her constant harping on her inability to produce good reeds. I also wondered how she managed to learn anything about the oboe as her primary teacher for almost her entire life was, according to her description, useless at best. (Except for the fact that he could recommend her to play as a sub in the NY Philharmonic.)

Although I don't disagree with much of what she writes about the state of the discipline, she seems oblivious to the fact that the same circumstances apply in many fields. (If she thinks classical musicians enjoyed an artifically created boom in the 1960s and 70s, and that music schools turn out far more graduates than there will ever be jobs for, she should consider the career opportunites her own father, a history professor at the University of North Carolina, faced in the 1960s compared with those of a 30-something humanities PhD today.)

mrnoodle · 10-25-2005, 04:54 PM

Hey TS, is the 11th book of WOT a prequel, or are they still going forward? I forced myself through the first 10, but wasn't really paying attention after 6.

I'm going to the used-book store after work. I'm all out of stuff to read.

glatt · 10-25-2005, 05:12 PM

I found the whole Earthsea series by LeGuin at a library book sale. Very cheap. Hadn't read it in 20+ years.

I'm just about finished with Wizard of Earthsea. It started off a little slow and wasn't as good as I remembered, but now it's sucking me in.

I'll pass these off to my kids when they get a little older.

Happy Monkey · 10-25-2005, 06:29 PM

Did you see the SciFi miniseries?

If not, don't.

bluecuracao · 10-25-2005, 06:40 PM

I'm about halfway through Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell. It's pretty much the same story as Sex and the City, et al, except with different women...sort of.

Clodfobble · 10-25-2005, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

Hey TS, is the 11th book of WOT a prequel, or are they still going forward? I forced myself through the first 10, but wasn't really paying attention after 6.

The prequel is called "A New Spring," and it's not called anything except "the prequel" and its title. The "eleventh book" is called "Knife of Dreams," and it is indeed the next in the series.

wolf · 11-06-2005, 12:59 AM

Bhagavad Gita

10-22-2005, 11:38 PM	#271
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Now I'm reading the Rising Stars comic anthology in hardback and the new Thomas Covenant book. Next on the stack is Devil in the White City. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-23-2005, 12:52 AM	#272
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Ooooh, the White Gold Wielder. That takes me right back. I found Thomas Covenant a very entertaining anti-hero. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-23-2005, 02:23 PM	#273
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I always thought that Thomas Covenant was a much more compelling and independent character in our world, and a terrible, terrible whiner every time he hit his head and ended up There. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-23-2005, 07:18 PM	#274
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Animosity by David Lindsey __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-23-2005, 09:39 PM	#276
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	No, I didn't enjoy reading his whining. I also didn't get WHY strong and independent and cranky ass Thomas magically turned into a Wimp in The Land. And yes, I read them more and once, just to be sure. Just like LOTR. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-24-2005, 11:16 AM	#278
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	" Ooooh, the White Gold Wielder. That takes me right back. I found Thomas Covenant a very entertaining anti-hero." Man, I loved that whole sequence. I read the First Chronicles when I was 12 and the second Chronicles when I was about 14. It had a huge effect on me, because my whole family read it and passed the books around. It was just before my Mum and Dad split up so it sticks in my mind as the very last "family" thing we did together. Thomas remains my favourite ever Anti hero Anybody ever read Donaldon's Gap series? Awesome Space Opera on the grandest of scales

10-25-2005, 04:37 PM	#279
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I just finished Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music by Blair Tindall. This book is part memoir, part indictment of the classical music industry. Tindall, an oboist who grew up in North Carolina and moved to Manhattan after graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts' high school program, played a lot of oboe between the ages of 15 and 40, and by her own admission played very, very few jobs that she didn't obtain by sleeping with someone. By all accounts she is a good oboist, though I was amused by her constant harping on her inability to produce good reeds. I also wondered how she managed to learn anything about the oboe as her primary teacher for almost her entire life was, according to her description, useless at best. (Except for the fact that he could recommend her to play as a sub in the NY Philharmonic.) Although I don't disagree with much of what she writes about the state of the discipline, she seems oblivious to the fact that the same circumstances apply in many fields. (If she thinks classical musicians enjoyed an artifically created boom in the 1960s and 70s, and that music schools turn out far more graduates than there will ever be jobs for, she should consider the career opportunites her own father, a history professor at the University of North Carolina, faced in the 1960s compared with those of a 30-something humanities PhD today.)

10-25-2005, 04:54 PM	#280
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Hey TS, is the 11th book of WOT a prequel, or are they still going forward? I forced myself through the first 10, but wasn't really paying attention after 6. I'm going to the used-book store after work. I'm all out of stuff to read. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

10-25-2005, 05:12 PM	#281
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I found the whole Earthsea series by LeGuin at a library book sale. Very cheap. Hadn't read it in 20+ years. I'm just about finished with Wizard of Earthsea. It started off a little slow and wasn't as good as I remembered, but now it's sucking me in. I'll pass these off to my kids when they get a little older.

10-25-2005, 06:29 PM	#282
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Did you see the SciFi miniseries? If not, don't. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-25-2005, 06:40 PM	#283
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I'm about halfway through Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell. It's pretty much the same story as Sex and the City, et al, except with different women...sort of.

11-06-2005, 12:59 AM	#285
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Bhagavad Gita __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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