I haven't read it myself yet, although I know that I have a used copy around here someplace waiting for me to pay attention to it like a little puppy. I think I had originally been waiting for the "right time" to read it after hearing from friends that it isn't a light read, that it takes some focus, and also because I know that some books just need to be read in their own season. Y'know what I mean? It's like when the atmospheric conditions are just right and one night you can pick up a radio station out of Mexico or something. Sometimes you have to wait to pick up the signal of some books. Or maybe that's just me. :)
But you definitely have me interested in finding my copy again. Thanks!
~J
You're the Ace of Confusion? Is this like like the ability to wrinkle your nose at someone and leave them all stuttering and lost while you skip merrily away whistling a happy tune?
And now leaping wildly off the topic trolley, I just noticed that you have Stephen R Donaldson (along with so many other wonderful authors) on the interest list. You like his stuff? *hopeful smile*
wish-grantingurbandeliriumJanuary 15 2004, 18:35:26 UTC
Yes! Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever~ Ahh...great stuff. I haven't read them all yet, but it's on The List.
Books definitely have a season, there are certain ones that I read over every time a certain one rolls around. And ones I'll always associate with certain times.
Ace of Confusion 'cause no one could possibly get quite as confused as I usually feel.
Re: wish-grantingmarmalade_jackJanuary 16 2004, 06:16:20 UTC
I don't know that I can even judge the Thomas Covenant books with an unbiased eye anymore. I read them when I was 13 or 14, and usually read them again each year after for the next 5 years. Some of the writing now sounds clunky to me, but Covenant's perpetually pissed-off demeanor in the face of what is basically an amazingly beautiful otherworld makes me happy for some reason. :) I think these books are one reason I made it through high school.
I think you should be the spirit of confusion instead, spreading confuzzlement as you go. ;)
Re: wish-grantingurbandeliriumJanuary 16 2004, 16:03:22 UTC
It's been a while since I read them, but I just love unconventional heroes. I mean, leprosy? ill-tempered? Come on. How can you not be sucked in. ;)
I could handle the confuzzlement job. I think. Maybe. My abracadabra phrase- I'll just point and say "Huh...wha'...um...poof" and there will be no hope for you. poof.
By the by, thank you so much for the movie, I just received it. And probably don't need to say that it's my favorite, lol. I started an e-mail earlier, but haven't been online enough lately to finish it. But thankyou-thankyou-thankyou, it was extremely sweet and unexpected.
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But you definitely have me interested in finding my copy again. Thanks!
~J
You're the Ace of Confusion? Is this like like the ability to wrinkle your nose at someone and leave them all stuttering and lost while you skip merrily away whistling a happy tune?
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~J
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Books definitely have a season, there are certain ones that I read over every time a certain one rolls around. And ones I'll always associate with certain times.
Ace of Confusion 'cause no one could possibly get quite as confused as I usually feel.
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I think you should be the spirit of confusion instead, spreading confuzzlement as you go. ;)
~J
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I could handle the confuzzlement job. I think. Maybe. My abracadabra phrase- I'll just point and say "Huh...wha'...um...poof" and there will be no hope for you. poof.
By the by, thank you so much for the movie, I just received it. And probably don't need to say that it's my favorite, lol. I started an e-mail earlier, but haven't been online enough lately to finish it. But thankyou-thankyou-thankyou, it was extremely sweet and unexpected.
-li'l gelfling girl
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