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Post by thea on Jun 22, 2007 14:24:18 GMT -5
Lol, nice to know there's others out there that remember that movie! I too have all of the books, the Silmarillion and the 50th anniversary edition of The Hobbit, it's an uncontrollable addiction
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Post by RedArrow on Jun 22, 2007 16:05:53 GMT -5
Yep Eld... Got both of those too. Not much of his stuff has gotten past me. I was not very impressed when the movie came out and I could see there would be no way I would pay to see any follow ups. Thank goodness Peter Jackson came along. Lol anyway I did my both the animated dvd's when they came around. I 'll use those to indoctrinate my grand kiddies My daughter had to grow up with Bilbo and Frodo (her Xmas present was the 50th anniversary hard bound) now it's thier turn.
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Post by laurelin on Jun 23, 2007 19:35:15 GMT -5
I just finished reading The Hobbit to my kidlet (who is 5). I was sure she'd want to go back to her picture books after 2 or 3 chapters....boy, was I wrong. As soon as we were done, she wanted to read it again. Instead, we're reading Roald Dahl (George's Marvelous Medicine is complete, working on Fantastic Mr. Fox, then we'll do BFG). Now I just need to find the animated Hobbit on DVD (we have VHS, put the VCR isn't hooked up)....
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Post by laurelin on Jul 2, 2007 14:20:35 GMT -5
Miriel? Hello? Still trying to find a good quote? Watch out, or I might go again. As Kelkhil can verify, I also have a small "quote" problem.
Speaking of which, I collect quotes (and for some reason have never bought that gigantic book o quotes). If you have a good one, feel free to send it to me!
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Post by Quintare on Aug 8, 2007 12:01:02 GMT -5
Here's a quote to revive the game:
The ride into the mountain had branched into all directions of time. He knew then why the oldtimers could only speak of yesterday and tomorrow in terms of the present moment: the only certainty; and this present sense of being was qualified with bare hints of yesterday or tomorrow, by saying, "I go up to the mountain yesterday or I go up to the mountain tomorrow." The ck'o'yo Kaup'a'ta somewhere is stacking his gambling sticks and waiting for a visitor; Rocky and I are walking across a ridge in the moonlight; Josiah and Robert are waiting for us. This night is a single night; and there has never been any other.
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Post by Asya on Aug 8, 2007 12:32:11 GMT -5
I'll guess Brokeback Mountain!
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Post by Quintare on Aug 8, 2007 13:16:26 GMT -5
lol
Not so far from the mark really, but no. Not Brokeback Mountain.
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Post by Quintare on Aug 10, 2007 13:46:33 GMT -5
Here's another paragraph from the book. I think anyone that's read this thing would probably recognize it as it alludes to most of the themes of the story:
"One thing," she said finally, looking down at the red coals in the ring of white ash, "there are only a few others with Emo. The rest have been fooled; they're being used. Tools. The Army people don't know. They don't know about stories or the struggle for the ending of the story. White people are always busy. They will ask themselves: what is one Indian veteran living in a cave in the middle of the reservation? They won't have much time for you. The only reason they come is because Emo called them"
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Post by Quintare on Aug 18, 2007 18:42:07 GMT -5
Last quote then I'll pick something else. I thought this would have been more widely read. Arrowboy got up after she left. he followed her into the hills up where the caves were. The others were waiting. The held the hoop and danced around the fire four times.
The witchman stepped through thge hoop he called out that he would be a wolf. His head and upper body became hairy like a wolf But his lower body was still human. "Something is wrong," he said. "Ck'o'yo magic won't work if someone is watching us."
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Post by Quintare on Aug 22, 2007 9:40:00 GMT -5
Okay then I guess I give up. The book is Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, and here is a new quote from a new book. Or rather a different quote from a book that's really quite old.
'I ca'n't believe that!' said Alice. 'Ca'n't you?' the Queen said in a pitying tone. 'Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.' Alice laughed. 'There is no use in trying, 'she said: 'one ca'n't believe impossible things.' 'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!'
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Post by RedArrow on Aug 22, 2007 9:46:38 GMT -5
Lewis Carrol's "Through the Looking Glass" or "Alice in Wonderland"
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Post by Quintare on Aug 22, 2007 10:14:03 GMT -5
Ahh see now that's not fair at all. You must pick you see.
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Post by RedArrow on Aug 22, 2007 18:49:01 GMT -5
I'll be going with my first guess "Through the Looking Glass"
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Post by Quintare on Aug 23, 2007 0:21:40 GMT -5
And right you are Red. You're up.
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Post by RedArrow on Aug 23, 2007 12:08:34 GMT -5
K, try this one... If you are a friend or family you've more than likely received this book from me through the years as a gift.
"Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.
But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements?
Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.
If either your sails or our rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas."
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