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Read the Chronicles when they 1st came out in the UK. Hardback, from the local public library back in the eighties. What can I say, took them everywhere, read them on the bus going to college, read them eating dinner in college, read them at night, stayed in some nights instead of getting ‘wrecked’ with college friends. Several weeks of intense reading later, it was over. God, I was shattered.
Remember Aldous Huxley and the doors of perception, once those doors are opened you can never go back to the previous state. Well TC did that to me, I remain altered and still in thrall to the Chronicles, even now, 20 years later.
So then a hiatus.
Then the Gap books. 1st one, I thought no big deal. Then ‘thwack’ ‘bam’ ‘boom’. I was well and truly ‘gapped’. The Trumpet, spaceships rotating, deflecting energy bolts, deception, copied personalities, utterly alien aliens, Angus (who didn’t wield white gold but in my view, wielded so much more), gods arising, men that were gods, who sought to be puppet masters, who ‘knew better’, I blab, I blab. Those books truly rocked, a roller coaster ride that made my palms sweat and my dreams rumble.
So now, a shock roam through Amazon, a new TC book, a frisson of excitement as the book is here.
Back in the land and all is well.
My own personall Illearth war has a truce, read on, read on.
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nocturne
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Nice to be made welcome.
My ego tells me to say more about my reading habits.
Loved the Nights Dawn trilogy by Peter Hamilton, like the culture novels of Banks, always in awe of the rings, but after the 4 hour bum numbing session of the return of the king, I am now bored of the rings.
Loving the runes.
Great site by the way.
My ego tells me to say more about my reading habits.
Loved the Nights Dawn trilogy by Peter Hamilton, like the culture novels of Banks, always in awe of the rings, but after the 4 hour bum numbing session of the return of the king, I am now bored of the rings.
Loving the runes.
Great site by the way.
"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares." H Nouwen
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variol son
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Hi nocturne. It's great to have you here. 
Sum sui generis
Vs
Sum sui generis
Vs
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
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Alynna Lis Eachann
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ROTFL!nocturne wrote: ...but after the 4 hour bum numbing session of the return of the king, I am now bored of the rings.
Someone after my own heart. Welcome!"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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nocturne
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I dread to think of watching the whole lot in one session, must be a 12 hour marathon. Will save that for my own 3rd age... 
When my elves have left...
That Liv tyler and aragorn sure did make a cute couple though.
When my elves have left...That Liv tyler and aragorn sure did make a cute couple though.
"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares." H Nouwen
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Alynna Lis Eachann
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I have to say (and I am not joking in any way) that I saw far more chemistry between Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom than I did between Mortensen and Liv Tyler.
And they wonder where all those slash fics come from.
And they wonder where all those slash fics come from.
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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MsMary
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Welcome, Nocturne.
Love your thread title.
Love your thread title.
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:I have to say (and I am not joking in any way) that I saw far more chemistry between Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom than I did between Mortensen and Liv Tyler.
Why do I get the feeling next time I watch the film I will be keeping my eyes out for this more than the storyline!!
And welcome nocturne, hope you enjoy your time here
I really like the quote you're using by the way
"-People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes."
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nocturne
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I will have to go into my memory editing suite to get rid of that image
Time heals all things.
The race of the hetrosexual man is diminishing, the blood line thins, we are but spirits now, mere legend, tales that are told around the campfire...we diminish and go to the west (well, manchester actually )
Nocturne, standing proud, standing face to face with a gorgeous woman and saying 'oh yeah baby, lets smooch'.
Nocturne...caught betwixt chaos and order and holder of forbidden knowledge.
.I have to say (and I am not joking in any way) that I saw far more chemistry between Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom than I did between Mortensen and Liv Tyler
Time heals all things.
The race of the hetrosexual man is diminishing, the blood line thins, we are but spirits now, mere legend, tales that are told around the campfire...we diminish and go to the west (well, manchester actually
)Nocturne, standing proud, standing face to face with a gorgeous woman and saying 'oh yeah baby, lets smooch'.
Nocturne...caught betwixt chaos and order and holder of forbidden knowledge.
"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares." H Nouwen
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Alynna Lis Eachann
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Meh. I see what I see. And I see... questionable acting ability. Anyway, welcome! Or have I said that before?
And I see... questionable acting ability. Anyway, welcome! Or have I said that before?"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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Insanity Falls
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Hey Nocturne!
Please accept a welcome from me as well!
I have terrifically enjoyed reading all that you have written above, and I happily anticipate reading anything else you have to say!
PS. And England - The Wounded Land - Yes, indeed! - And we shall bring her back to health!!
Best.
Stephen.
Please accept a welcome from me as well!
I have terrifically enjoyed reading all that you have written above, and I happily anticipate reading anything else you have to say!
PS. And England - The Wounded Land - Yes, indeed! - And we shall bring her back to health!!
Best.
Stephen.
"The first quality that is needed is audacity"
~ Winston Churchill
~ Winston Churchill
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nocturne
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Hale Hearty fellow, Insanity falls, nice name.
Ahh England insperation for the Shire, source of eldritch dreams and forgotten realms, home to avalon and Lyonnesse. Where King Arthur lies buried, waiting on our darkest hour to come and save us (about now would be a good time).
This sceptered isle, this england.
I see you have a Dalek as your haven tar, nice, exterminate some people with your deadly plunger for me... the new series starts soon, wonder what it will be like?
Still England has the power that preserves and yes together, people of good earth sense shall rid the rainbaine from our cursed land.
Martin Luther King once said 'I have a dream' well I say it too, a reborn land, full of hope and mysticism.
All the best to you as well.
Ahh England insperation for the Shire, source of eldritch dreams and forgotten realms, home to avalon and Lyonnesse. Where King Arthur lies buried, waiting on our darkest hour to come and save us (about now would be a good time).
This sceptered isle, this england.
I see you have a Dalek as your haven tar, nice, exterminate some people with your deadly plunger for me... the new series starts soon, wonder what it will be like?
Still England has the power that preserves and yes together, people of good earth sense shall rid the rainbaine from our cursed land.
Martin Luther King once said 'I have a dream' well I say it too, a reborn land, full of hope and mysticism.
All the best to you as well.
"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares." H Nouwen