Yes! My quiz was taken for the first time at the site! Woo Hoo!!
But the person only got a 3! I hope this gives everyone the bug to read the books

Yeah, the Oath of Peace is the only reason TC lived past the first few chapters. After raping Lena??? Forget it! Even if he hadn't done that, one of the good guys in Middle Earth would have killed him just for being so annoying. I can see him running with Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, on their way to...

Oops! In case anybody's interested: DAACABBBDA Regarding this quiz in particular, which might influence how any of us make quizzes in the future, why was it tough? Most of the questions are pretty straight-forward, even if they are a little difficult. But a couple, the one about "stronger than ...

I'm not sure if I ever mentioned it (yeah, right :)), but I love LeGuin's <I>Earthsea</I> stuff. I was stunned and saddened (dare I say outraged?) that there was not a single Earthsea quiz at that site! *sigh* OK, so here's what I'm going to submit. If anyone has any feedback before I do, I'd apprec...

The Norse gods very much reflect the people who invented them. Yes, the giants were their enemies. But not because they were the good guys and the giants were necessarily more evil. Odin and his brothers slew the first of all beings, the giant Ymir. No reason, they just did it. Then they made the di...

Poetry is a difficult thing for me. I often have no idea what's being said. And I never much cared until Robin Williams said, "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Now medi...

"It says that it has rent the Raver. It does not say slain. The word is 'to rend.' The Raver has been rent. And the shreds of its being Nom has consumed." With an effort, Cail smoothed the frown from his forehead. "Thus has the Sandgorgon gained the capacity for such speech." I ...

I'm tied with danlo at 14. Now somebody explain to me why Gandalf is rated below Balrogs or any elf! :x I'm not happy about that at all! He killed a Balrog, for crying out loud! He later said (I don't suspect he was exaggerating) that he was more dangerous than anybody but Sauron. He was the masterm...

I gotta agree with you, danlo. I think "I am not Joan" is maybe even a brilliant username. And thanks for the nod, Vain. As it turns out, yours is one of my favorites too. Vain, along with Amok and EarthBlood, are among the more mysterious aspects of the books that have been chosen here.

I'm not sporadically blind, right? You just added Classical? Thanks. And if you ever want to hear a lot of rambling about the various aspects of genius of classical music, I'd be happy to go on and on and on :) That's what I got my B.A. in. (Classical music, not rambling. Rambling is a natural thing...

That is, indeed, the name of that episode. What a lot we learned about the Vulcans that day!

I really like the ideas going around here. But I'll tell ya, I'm having enough trouble keeping up with all the threads that are here now!

here's where i run into problems being a hebrew scholar instead of a biblical scholar. talmid vs talmud. the only problem i see with Elohim being indicitave of the trinity is that as an Old Testament word, the writers at that time would have no knowledge of the trinity. If I may be so bold as to an...

Vain wrote:My vote went for the ALternative option but it's unfortunately a category so wide that it defies proper description.

I'd have the same problem with the hundreds of years of Classical, if there was a Classical to vote for

duchess, Ever heard of Nickel Creek? I just got their self-titled cd, because I saw a video of theirs on CMT a few times. (Not particularly a country music fan myself, but a woman at work is, so it's on sometimes.) They have definite bluegrass roots, even produced by Allison Kraus. One track is call...

I sobbed like a baby, I am not ashamed to admit, when TC gave the dead giants their release from damnation at the end of TWL. :cry: Mother of God, Yes!! It's kinda funny to be talking with another guy (owner of a comic book store), both of us saying how we cry at that part. Couple of wimps! That wh...

Ah, my friends, none can bring tears to my eyes like the Giants! Their fierce joys, and the depths of their pains! OK, here's some of my favorite examples of Giant beauty and wisdom. Some of my favorite <I>happy</I> moments. I'll also get to some the sad ones if nobody beats me to them. The last two...

If we want a bar named for a Covenant thing, I'd call it The Waymeet.

Hmm, not sure about James Marsters as Covenant. Strikes me as being too young, buff and attractive. No prob. He could be uglied. But I think emotionally he could do it. Ooh, and how about the Eliza Dushku (Faith) to play Lord Elena? Yes! I love that too!! And Oz could be Amok. Never gives you a str...

How many mind-melds have we seen in literature/fantasy/movies/etc? The five that come to my mind right away are the <I>Haruchai</I>, the Lords, <I>Star Trek's</I> Borg, <I>Star Trek's</I> Vulcans, and the Starslammers (which is a fantastic comic book). The Borg and the Starslammers have the most int...