On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Snork!! Wheeze! ROFLMAO. Oh, Josh, you couldn't be further from the
> truth. I hope Julia can dig up his rant for you, because I remember asking
> him if he'd read the same Tolkein I did after he posted it. He did one of
> his Star Wars type rants against _LoTR_ and Middle Earth in general. IIRC
> he was trying to get a reaction, though.
I seem to recall that DB's criticism of LotR was a little more
tongue-in-cheek than his criticism of Star Wars.
> I adore _LoTR_ (along with _The Hobbit_ and _The Silmarillion_), and IMO
> Harry Potter is pretty cool too.
Yah. Lately I've been rereading the Potter books, partly for fun and
partly because I feel like Rowling has been leaving clues for future
developments along the way. After I finish those I'm going to tackle
"Software" by Rudy Rucker.
After that I'm thinking I might tackle some ancient history: Herodotus,
Thucydidies (sp?), Plutarch, etc.
And I'm tempted to reread LotR before the first movie comes out this
winter.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
