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by Cornaquious
Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:22 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What's the best book you've ever read?
Replies: 62
Views: 10796

Best book you've never read...

Best book you've never read? Stone and Flute by Hans Bemmann.
by Cornaquious
Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:17 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What's the best book you've ever read?
Replies: 62
Views: 10796

-Illusions by Richard Bach

This book changed my life. Part of a college course I took in collge: Philosophies in Education PJ Porter, Professor.

I am forever finding
blue feathers.
by Cornaquious
Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:09 am
Forum: Stephen King Forum
Topic: What do you think his best book(s) are?
Replies: 104
Views: 85152

The Stand It's Stephen King's magnum opus. I re-read this every couple of years. I'm always finding something new and yet I can't wait to get to any of many of my favorite parts. Different Season's is my favorite short story collection. My heart bursts with jubilation at the discovery of the escape...
by Cornaquious
Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:46 am
Forum: Star Wars and Star Trek Forum
Topic: What Was It Like First Watching It?
Replies: 42
Views: 24127

15 going on 16. I saw it at least twice a week from June 18th until school started. Do you believe in love at first sight? I remember my first glimpse of the trailer almost as much as the first time I saw Star Wars . Christmas of 1976. The Star Wars ("Coming to your galaxy this summer!") ...
by Cornaquious
Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:25 am
Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
Topic: Best Fantasy/Scifi Stand-Alone Novels
Replies: 62
Views: 18553

Stone and Flute - Hans Bemmann
Man Plus - Frederik Pohl
The Stand and Different Seasons - Stephen King
Otherland quadrilogy by Tad Williams
by Cornaquious
Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:11 am
Forum: General Literature Discussion
Topic: and Terry Brooks
Replies: 15
Views: 4743

The original Shannara trilogy was (and is) a nice series to break in to reading of fantasy; on par with Christopher Paolini's Heritage series. Nowhere near the level of SRD and JRRT. I don't know how Brooks has managed to produce nearly 20 (and on and on...) Shannara books that are essentially the ...
by Cornaquious
Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:34 am
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: Your favorite quotation !!!
Replies: 160
Views: 67177

Something there is in beauty.

I have been searching ever since.
by Cornaquious
Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:33 pm
Forum: J.R.R. Tolkien Forum
Topic: Your Fav/Best LOTR Character?
Replies: 17
Views: 10598

Tom Bombadil - Without him, I don't think we can understand what Middle Earth is. I was, at first, disappointed in his absence in the films, but the more I watch the films, the more I think his heart is there.
As for the best character in the films, Samwise.
by Cornaquious
Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:59 pm
Forum: General SRD Discussion and Other Works
Topic: How would you rank the books in the Man Who series?
Replies: 34
Views: 13396

The Man Who... 1. Tried to Get Away 2. Killed His brother 3. Risked His Partner I'm currently working through Fought Alone I enjoyed the fact that TMWTtGA was so much like Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (aka 10 Little Indians). The opening murder shocked me, even though I was looking for...
by Cornaquious
Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:50 pm
Forum: The First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Topic: Covenant fantasy casting.
Replies: 181
Views: 37800

Salheart Foamfollower

Saltheart Foamfollower - Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond fame.
To me, it's a no brainer. He has the size. A deep voice, but one than can express depth, emotion, and love of the land.
by Cornaquious
Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:17 pm
Forum: Flicks
Topic: Song Of The South; anybody remember it?
Replies: 9
Views: 2107

Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder.
It's true!
It's actual,
everything is satisfactual...

I saw this in a giant theater in the early to mid-1970's
by Cornaquious
Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:14 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Road to the Superbowl
Replies: 44
Views: 11175

Joe Seahawk fan here. 3 terrible calls by the refs. 1. Interference on apparent TD catch. 2. Rothlesberger didn't score. (Not sure Stealers would not have scored anyway.-Who knows what coaches decide after missing 3 opportunities less than two yards from goal. 3. Holding. Yes, it was holding, but th...
by Cornaquious
Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:36 pm
Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
Topic: Someone needs to stop me from buying/reading KoD
Replies: 17
Views: 3447

Because of Robert Jordan, I have stopped reading books that are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc... in a series until the entire series has been completed. Even when it takes me weeks to get through a book, I still have to wait months, and sometimes years for the next one to arrive. Inevitably, I need to reread t...
by Cornaquious
Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:00 pm
Forum: Stephen King Forum
Topic: My Stephen King Books
Replies: 22
Views: 12282

I don't know if it was the written word or the circumstance.. Way back in high school, I was reading Carrie . I remeber it being late. After midnight for sure. I was reading about the sequence at the end where Carrie lets it all loose on the town. There is a sentence that mentions the sirens going o...
by Cornaquious
Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:31 pm
Forum: Stephen King Forum
Topic: My Stephen King Books
Replies: 22
Views: 12282

Start with Night Shift . It's full of all sorts of gruesome (short) stories. He's still developing his technique and rhythm, but some of the stories just blow you away! Battleground ? BOOM! Trucks ? You'll think twice next time your on the road and a Semi roars up behind you. (the is definitive of w...
by Cornaquious
Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:58 pm
Forum: Star Wars and Star Trek Forum
Topic: ROTS - My Hopes Are Rising!
Replies: 52
Views: 10166

I believe you will all be pleasantly surprised at this final installment. As mentioned in a review by another TWOSWF everything appears to dovetail nicely with the OT. From what I've read in the book it also dovetails with events of the first two Episodes of the NT. Some events with Qui-Gon come to ...
by Cornaquious
Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:41 pm
Forum: Star Wars and Star Trek Forum
Topic: ROTS - My Hopes Are Rising!
Replies: 52
Views: 10166

How do I approach this? I'm a TWOSWF. I wouldn't call these films simplistic. We're talking about political intrigue as well as religious subjects. That's topped off with a love story. It's a story (ala LotR) that's for all ages. Lord Foul With all due respect, I understand why you feel the prequels...
by Cornaquious
Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:16 pm
Forum: Star Wars and Star Trek Forum
Topic: What Was It Like First Watching It?
Replies: 42
Views: 24127

6/24/77 isn't 5/25/77 :evil: I had to wait for nearly a month after the initial limited release to get my first full viewing. (I was actually hooked the Christmas before, with the trailer presented with another 20th Century Fox film called Silver Streak ) What an awesome 16th birthday present! With ...

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