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What do you think of Prof. Tolkien?
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As in, J.R.R., or Christopher?Orodrist wrote:What do you think of Prof. Tolkien?

I like Tolkien quite a bit... main problem that I have with his stuff is that it gets far too long winded for my liking. I read something once that said that if the author wants you to focus on something, to really notice it, that they'll describe it for a hundred words. If they don't want you to notice it, or don't want you to notice it as much, they'll describe it in passing. Tolkien is guilty of the former, which isn't bad... except that it sometimes feels to me like he padded his books with it. Probably why it was so hard for me to get into Fellowship when I was a kid. But I loved all three LotR books, as well as Roverandom and The Silmarillion.
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Yeah, Tolkien tended to get carried away.
What About Dekker?
What About Dekker?
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Never read him. Don't have any plans to.Orodrist wrote:Yeah, Tolkien tended to get carried away.
What About Dekker?
My last experience reading a Christian author--that is, an author who is marketed to Christians--left me with a bad taste in my mouth. That was Peretti's Monster. When I pick up a novel, I don't expect a poorly written treatise on why evolution is wrong. This is, honestly, why I don't read anything by Michael Crichton anymore; his book State of Fear was the exact same thing--a poorly written treatise--on why global warming is a lie. Utterly ridiculous, both books, simply because I read novels to be entertained, and yes, to a lesser extent, to learn, but both crossed the line for me.
I don't know if Dekker does the same sort of thing, but after that last book, Monster, I have hardly any desire to read Christian fiction.
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He's still around here, somewhere.Pheonix wrote:Where'd Scott go?
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Would you rather be lost in the woods, in the Gobi Desert, or in a mansion full of killer clowns?
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Why judge a genre from one bad experience?
Man, I'd never eat Chinese food again if I did that.
Man, I'd never eat Chinese food again if I did that.


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Probably in the Gobi Desert, since there's no possibility of lost or killer clowns there. Of course... the lack of water concerns me.Saker wrote:Would you rather be lost in the woods, in the Gobi Desert, or in a mansion full of killer clowns?
Oh well. You live, you learn.
It's not just one bad experience. It's a general disinterest. I tried it several times, I didn't like it much, and now... I don't read Christian fiction. Blame Left Behind if you must. Like with music, I'm not going to limit my reading much, which is why you'd see Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur sitting next to Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita sitting next to Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, and Herotodus' The Histories sitting next to Clive Barker's Imajica on my bookshelves. In other words... I have a pretty broad taste, and most of it is for my own intellectual stimulation.Chozon1 wrote:Why judge a genre from one bad experience?
Man, I'd never eat Chinese food again if I did that.
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That...Sounds boring.
Then again, I enjoy reading history books. So maybe my definition of boring is askew.
What do you think of Slinky's?
Then again, I enjoy reading history books. So maybe my definition of boring is askew.
What do you think of Slinky's?

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Hmm... very annoying.Chozon1 wrote:That...Sounds boring.
Then again, I enjoy reading history books. So maybe my definition of boring is askew.
What do you think of Slinky's?
They always tangle up on me.

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Aye, but they're fun while they last. Metal ones don't break quite so easily.
Favorite type of tea?
Favorite type of tea?

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Don't have one.Chozon1 wrote:Aye, but they're fun while they last. Metal ones don't break quite so easily.
Favorite type of tea?
I'm a coffee guy.
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Favorite GoW2 weapons?
I likes me some Gnasher Shotty, Gorgon Pistol, and the (oddly enough) Mortar Cannon.
I likes me some Gnasher Shotty, Gorgon Pistol, and the (oddly enough) Mortar Cannon.
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I love me some sniper rifle and Lancer. Though the Mortar Cannon is pretty sick.Keero wrote:Favorite GoW2 weapons?
I likes me some Gnasher Shotty, Gorgon Pistol, and the (oddly enough) Mortar Cannon.
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You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death...