duchess of malfi wrote:I tried a couple of books by Heinlein but I hated them both so much I've never read anything by him since.

This amazes me. How can we both love TCTC, then be on opposite ends of the spectrum on Heinlein? You just can't predict anything about another person.

I think the greatest threat to humanity (if you don't want the easy answer - humanity) is technology. As so many people have noted, we haven't advanced morally/socially as we've advanced technology. And we won't. There's no less hate, fear, and intolerance today than ever. Unfortunately, technology ...

Yes, that's what I meant. Doing these things made sense in <I>The Matrix</I> because of the nature of "reality." It makes sense in CTHD because of the knowledge gained from the teachings of Wudan. I don't like the many movies where they do super-human things but don't give any explanation....

duchess, do you want things sent to <I>you</I>? Since you're the moderator, maybe you have limits to what you want here. Particularly size, although there might be topics that you don't want to be a part of your Hall. I know you'll say it's everybody's hall, not yours, but I'm thinking that someone'...

He looked over his shoulder.....
And he died.
The End


OK, for real now.
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He looked over his shoulder.....
Not for any particular reason.....

I obviously lost the plot somewhere along the line because I haven't seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and it would appear that I need to :oops: *choke* *cough* Sorry, I was drinking when I read that, and almost choked to death. <I><B>***YES***</I></B>, you need to. Really. Really really. (And no...

I suppose they construe the "Eve from Adam's Rib" narrative to indicate cloning. Perhaps it does. I've never thought about it from that angle. In an episode of <I>Star Trek: TNG</I> the ancient, legendary founder of the Klingon Empire, the very model of all Klingon virtue, returned, as ha...

Mhoram, is it really you? cried Covenanto in delight, bordering on disgust.

I literally did LOL

Wow! I wasn't expecting to see him use that word. Interesting.

1-3 might be a pretty solid ordering for me. But Raiders and Princess Bride might pop up there if the mood is right :) They have the disadvantage of being much older, so they don't stand out as much in my mind. Beyond that, things could move around a lot. Putting things in an actual order is soooooo...

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...