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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dog
    I would have thought that the possesive, and elves the plural?
    Possessive would be elf's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dog
    I would have thought that the possesive, and elves the plural?
    You are not alone in that belief, Senor Pero Grande... But then again, sometime when you're really, really, bored, read the prologue to LOTR (yawn).

    Then bring yourself back to reality by reading anything written by Kurt Vonnegut or Catcher in the rye!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    Possessive would be elf's.

    You've stumbled into a long standing argument unfortunately
    No, you're all wrong. The plural should be elfi.

    TBH I've never been one of those individuals who can get enthusiastic about the syntactic differences between Sindarin and Quenya, so... meh.

    By the way, I quite liked the films' imagery; I didn't grow up reading the books before the ubiquity of Howe and Lee's (particular Howe's) artwork. I thought that the production design was eerily reminiscent of my own ideas about How Middle Earth Should Look.
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    Actually my fav books would be 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte and 'Jane Ayre'. by Charlotte Bronte. I love the language it's really quite powerful - I could read those books again & again.

    One authour I've become quite dissapointed with is Bryce Courtney - his books have become really formulaic (is there such a word??). Tragic hero or heroine, some comic relief, another equally tragic side kick and a life full of tragedy but a spirit of triumph only to all end in trgedy! YAWN!
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    Has anyone read The Outlaws of Liang Liang Marsh Chinese Classic .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim
    Seems we've got a lot of Fantasy/sci-fi fans round here. I'm another.
    ... Terry Brooks,
    .... I've just found out that my soon-to-be-10yo niece is currently reading the 3rd Harry Potter book (it had smaller type than the one I'm currently reading!!!) so I'll get her the 3rd in the Lion, Witch & Wardrobe series (which I also loved as a kid), plus see if I can get a nice hardcover copy of the 1st Harry Potter book too.
    Fu*K, forgot to add Terry Brooks - Tangle Box and others of the same series.
    Really liked the Harry Potter books (bloody ex has the books but, so will have to rebuy them).
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    NO ones mentioned The Golden books ... :eyepoke:
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    Quote Originally Posted by wari
    NO ones mentioned The Golden books ... :eyepoke:
    OK just for you Wari:
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    Now we're talkin turkey .... how about Are You My Mother ? ... top readin that ...

    I finished it in A day no less .. no more :spudwave:

    not such a fan of popup books ... reduces the imagination I find.
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    How about Comics?
    Used to read heaps of Mavels - X-men, Wolverine, The New Mutants, Alpha Flight, The Increadible Hulk, The Thing, etc.
    Wish I'd held on to them as a lot of them would be worth a mint now for a collector.
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    "BOOK", what’s a "BOOK"
    God haven’t read one well since 4th form before I had to get a Laptop For St Kentigern College where we had to do everything on that..

    Please don’t laugh but the last book I probably read from cover to cover was "Hatchet the return" or whatever it was called


    Forums/Internet replaces books!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RiderInBlack
    How about Comics?
    Used to read heaps of Mavels - X-men, Wolverine, The New Mutants, Alpha Flight, The Increadible Hulk, The Thing, etc.
    Wish I'd held on to them as a lot of them would be worth a mint now for a collector.
    You HAVE to go see The Punisher then....went and saw it tonite - it rocked!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wkid_one
    You HAVE to go see The Punisher then....went and saw it tonite - it rocked!
    Seen it. He chased the baddies down the beach on a retro Trumpy with nobblies on
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    Quote Originally Posted by wari
    NO ones mentioned The Golden books ... :eyepoke:
    Or Dr Suess. Green Eggs and Ham must be a literary classic!
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