What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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OMG. There`s a sequel to Watership Down? I love that book too. I first read it in 1980 when I was 16. I love the the "rabbit mythology" of El-ahrairah and Frith. And my pets know the lawn mower, vacuum cleaner and car as hrududu.Bannor wrote:More Tales from Watership Down is excellent, but not nearly as good as the first. Have you read Watership Down?
At the present time I`m re-reading The Silmarillion. I`m up to the Chapter "Of Beren and Luthien" *sigh*.
You have reached the height of Watership Down fanship! When you start naming things after the book, you're in! Glad to meet another fan. (I have a Fiver in my classroom)
"Do you have a wife?"
"At one time."
"What happened to her?"
"She has been dead."
"How long ago did she die?"
"Two thousand years."
"At one time."
"What happened to her?"
"She has been dead."
"How long ago did she die?"
"Two thousand years."
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Lord of Light IS a great book! I read that one fairly recently, too.
I'm enjoying my book on Japanese mythology. I didn't know anything about it coming into the book, and I'm already starting to make some mental connections with one of the characters in Amber!
Zelazny used a lot of mythology in his books -- Indian subcomtinent in Lord of Light, Greek in This Immortal, ancient Egyptian in Creatures of Light and Darkness, and I had thought a bit of Arthurian stuff in Amber, but I think just a touch of Japanese mythology in the character of Prince Benedict, too!
I'm enjoying my book on Japanese mythology. I didn't know anything about it coming into the book, and I'm already starting to make some mental connections with one of the characters in Amber!
Zelazny used a lot of mythology in his books -- Indian subcomtinent in Lord of Light, Greek in This Immortal, ancient Egyptian in Creatures of Light and Darkness, and I had thought a bit of Arthurian stuff in Amber, but I think just a touch of Japanese mythology in the character of Prince Benedict, too!
Lord of Light is great. And Benedict is way cool, although I know nothing about japanese mythology.
Currently I am not really reading any fantasy books, but that is going to change. Probably I am going to see if Well of the Unicorn is any good.
Currently I am not really reading any fantasy books, but that is going to change. Probably I am going to see if Well of the Unicorn is any good.
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there's absolutely nothing wrong with rereading books, TF. I've always felt that books that we've read become our good friends, and who wants to visit good friends just once? The more we visit them, the more learn about them.
"Do you have a wife?"
"At one time."
"What happened to her?"
"She has been dead."
"How long ago did she die?"
"Two thousand years."
"At one time."
"What happened to her?"
"She has been dead."
"How long ago did she die?"
"Two thousand years."
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duchess of malfi wrote:I agree with Bannor--my favorite books have become friends of a sort, and I keep seeing new things in them. reading Lord Foul's bane as a married person with children in my thirties is a very different experience than reading it the first time as a teenager. The best books grow with me.
I totally agree with you duchess. I find that I develop a need or longing to revisit my favourite books, just to "touch base" with favourite characters and places and its amazing how different parts of the story seem to stand out more at each rereading.