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(...) Nonsense! There's always more to discover! Farther up and further in, sons of Adam and daughters of Eve! J, who remembers those books quite fondly (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree! In the land of Aslan, if you remember, there is always more to discover - the real images of the shadows in this world... Shiri, who still loves the Narnia series (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) Thanks for clearing that up, Shiri. I was wondering what series you all were talking about! FTR, I never liked the Narnia series... Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's OK. I'll forgive you if you have good taste in other literature. (...) How bizarre. If this is from the song I'm thinking of, it's the one that's in the CD player in my LEGO room right now. Tenchi Muyo 2nd series? Or just a bizarre (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like the Lord of the Rings and Wheel of Time... :) I *did* try reading Narnia when I was real young, so that may've had something to do with it. I haven't tried recently (...) Yup, its from "Pioneer". Great Song! I actually don't have the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeff Stembel wrote: Followups going to off-topic.fun cos this is getting way out there from .castle... (...) One outta two ain't bad. 8) Have you tried George R.R. Martin's _A Game of Thrones_? It's a doorstop fantasy like Jordan but far better (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope. I don't have a lot of time to read, so I don't get many chances to try new authors. :( Do you dislike Robert Jordan? I also Like Modesitt's Spellsong Cycle and Recluse Saga, and Forgotten Realms Novels. (...) I don't remember when (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) of (...) <delurk> I just re-read these from a large, hard bound book with full color illustrations. My mom (through some cool machinations) bought this thing for like $5 and was gracious enough to loan it to me. The cover has a full map of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The correct answer is both vague AND huge. ;) I've done some research into making Minas Tirith, and come to the conclusion it will involve a lot of artisitic license. JJR has a grand total of about 150 words of descriptive text for it..<sigh> (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very true (vague, huge, with a sense of being quite elaborate while having no description). I'm looking forward to the upcoming live-action LotR movies to see how they tackle the problem. Of course, one could always get the animated movies and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nonsense. :) I am in the throes of planning out a model of Minas Tirith, at a micro-fig scale, where people are ~1 brick tall. Even at this scale, my best size estimate is that I can't really get it under 5 feet high and about 6 or 7 feet (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) animated (...) Minas Tirith is, after all, set on a mountain, with 7 (is it 7, it's been a while since my semi-annual Tolkien re-reading) levels, a citadel on the top, walls on all levels, a huge city below, and a variety of other stuff. Huge (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's funny, everyone talks about this allegory, but when I read the entire collection when I was about 14 it flew right over my head. Guess it's because I wasn't raised as a Christian. I just figured they were really good fantasy books. The (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) on (...) of (...) Bring (...) I was guessing that some people wouldn't realize it... after all, the references were obvious to people who're familiar with the series but not otherwise ;-) (...) I was sure I'd never like it either... this guy I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) from .castle... (...) I hate that allegory. I was really disappointed with that when some girl told me about this. Being Jewish, I never even thought of that, but it does make sense. It also ruins the book (for me :). I try not to think of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My favorite has always been The Silver Chair. Timbo (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) glad you de-lurked, eric! my blue "summer" castle (preview pic on the CW site now) was inspired from the Narnia books. instead, i named it "Cair Parsifal", incorporating a bit of aurthurian legend. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope, no cabbit 'myas' on the BoB CD (at least the English version). (But it's also not just TM, it's got songs from a lot of different Pioneer OVAs...) J (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Considering that Lewis was an incredibly devout, er, whatever-he-was - (Anglican? Or Catholic?) like Tolkien, it's really not surprising to think about it. And I agree, it's a cracking good read anyway. (And I personally like many of the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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