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You don't want shit from Luci, drew? I'm surprised at you! ;)
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LuciMay gives everybody shit. :lol: ;)

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Mine was The Dark Tower/Gunslinger... until Stephen King Broke my heart by killing those I had grown to attached to, .....so i would have to say most of the Chronicles of Pern by McCaffrey.
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Blackhawk wrote:Mine was The Dark Tower/Gunslinger... until Stephen King Broke my heart by killing those I had grown to attached to, .....so i would have to say most of the Chronicles of Pern by McCaffrey.
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The Deryni Series by Katherine Kurtz, followed by the Riddle Master Trilogy and the Well World series by Jack L Chalker
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Hands down "Lord of the Rings" followed by "The Elric Saga"
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Avatar wrote:LuciMay gives everybody shit. :lol: ;)

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Which you as much as insisted were completely non-representative. ;)

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danlo wrote:aside from totally agreeing with what the duchess just said, I would list:
Ursula K. LeGuin 4 the Earthsea series
Those books, along with the Pyridian Chronicles are what got me interested in the fantasy genre in my teens. LeGuin infused her characters and the problems they faced with a spiritual dimension that was really profound ot me at 12/13.
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Over at the Hangar, we got a whole forum for them. And a dissection. (Which I owe a chapter for...damn...sorry guys...this weekend. :lol: )

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Avatar wrote:Over at the Hangar, we got a whole forum for them. And a dissection. (Which I owe a chapter for...damn...sorry guys...this weekend. :lol: )

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I'll have to sign up for those boards... I'll need to do a re-read first though.
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Tjol wrote:LeGuin infused her characters and the problems they faced with a spiritual dimension that was really profound ot me at 12/13.
It's still profound to me, at 45. :D It's all taoism, in case you weren't aware. Read the Tao Te Ching, and you'll recognize Earthsea.

And, despite being the mod of the forum doing the dissection Av mentioned, I've been pathetically absent from it. I don't dissect well. Usually only when I'm very passionate about the chapter in question. Plus outrageously busy in rl for months now. Still, I hope to get back.
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Fist and Faith wrote:
Tjol wrote:LeGuin infused her characters and the problems they faced with a spiritual dimension that was really profound ot me at 12/13.
It's still profound to me, at 45. :D It's all taoism, in case you weren't aware. Read the Tao Te Ching, and you'll recognize Earthsea.

And, despite being the mod of the forum doing the dissection Av mentioned, I've been pathetically absent from it. I don't dissect well. Usually only when I'm very passionate about the chapter in question. Plus outrageously busy in rl for months now. Still, I hope to get back.
I've read about Taoism as related to architecture (Wright, Tadao Ando, Steven Holl) , but don't know it very well outside of the yin/ yang balance... that part very much is played out in Earthsea, I agree. The Lathe of Heaven is even more of that, given that everything has an up and down side, even as the psychologists tries to bring the upside into being, it's always got company.
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Tjol wrote:
Avatar wrote:Over at the Hangar, we got a whole forum for them. And a dissection. (Which I owe a chapter for...damn...sorry guys...this weekend. :lol: )

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I'll have to sign up for those boards... I'll need to do a re-read first though.
You'll have plenty of time for a re-read! That dissection moves more slowly than.. well, something really slow! (Sorry Av, you presented the opening... :lol: )
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Wish you guys wouldn't talk about that dissection. :lol: Really, if you look at the Chrons dissection here, you'll see it's not my strong suit. But, as mod of the Earthsea dissection, I should be much more attentive. Tombs doesn't do much for me, though, so I can't seem to drag myself into it. (Tehanu will be the same. Don't like that overly much, either. *covers ears for all that Av and danlo might now say*)

Tjol wrote:I've read about Taoism as related to architecture (Wright, Tadao Ando, Steven Holl) , but don't know it very well outside of the yin/ yang balance... that part very much is played out in Earthsea, I agree.
Yeah, that aspect, for sure. Definitely more, though. I was amazed by how familiar the Tao Te Ching was when I read it. I was so sure she must have had it in mind that I did some research. Turns out she has a translation of the TTC! Well, sort of a translation. She doesn't know Chinese, so didn't actually translate it. But she grew up with it, because of her father, and has read many different translations. So her "translation" is, basically, what each verse means to her, based on all the different ways they've been presented to her.
Tjol wrote:The Lathe of Heaven is even more of that, given that everything has an up and down side, even as the psychologists tries to bring the upside into being, it's always got company.
Haven't read that one.
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You don't understand those books because you are too action oriented, dig deeper weedjumper, in the meantime get your ass over to the Hangar and do your job and :x :x :x :x :soapbox: :soapbox: :soapbox: :soapbox: :soapbox: :rocket: :-| :mrgreen:
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I didn't say I don't understand them.
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Looking forward to your chapter dissection, Av...
I best double check when I'm up next...
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:| StevieG & Menolly. (I deserved that. :lol: And I still haven't done it...still, hols soon, will have some free time. :D )

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