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| | | (...) One of our servers at work was named "gandalf" -- it had my Lego-made mascot, complete with sword and staff, taped to the monitor. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) Minas Tirith playset - think of all that white... (...) hehe I'm also waiting for the Belville Barad-Dur "Lidless Eye" Torture Chamber set. -Tom McD. when replying, what has it got in it's pocketses? spamcake! (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal
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| | | | | It's been quite a while since I read the Trilogy. I remember having my mom buy The Silmarillion, and only being able to read the first 50 pages or so-- couldn't follow it:-p We just finished reading The Chronicles of Narnia series with our kids-- (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | (...) buy (...) couldn't (...) You can't follow 53,409 names that all sorta sound similar after awhile? ;-) Try it again sometime, I bet you can follow it now. (...) I'm reading book 5 _A Horse and His Boy_ for the umpteenth time.. My favorites out (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) Time, dammit. I need more time! (...) Do you consider The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the first book, or The Magician's Nephew? I always advise folk to read the former first. (...) 'preciate it. (...) Yeah, instead of a Lego Aslan, we (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | | | (...) Ditto. It bugs me that they switched the numbering so that the Magician's Nephew is first -- if I'm not mistaken, it was originally book 6. Bits of that book just don't make any sense unless you read several books before it. (...) I'm there. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | (...) favorites (...) Yes! I don't like that either. I saw that and it made me wonder what those people were smoking. It seems like you can do anything with a dead author's books. Hey publisher: Read them (and sell them) in the order they were first (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | Tom McDonald wrote: <snippage of valid criticism of spamcakehead publishers> (...) Ah yes, I think the kids and I shall read those next. I remember reading Perelandra with the radio on as a kid, and to this day when I hear "Living Thing" by ELO, I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thing" (...) dreamiest:-) (...) I've never even thought of Jeff Lynne and CS Lewis in the same context. John, go check and make sure you're not using your gas stove as a heater again. :-) (...) get in (...) Just don't abuse it :-) Todd's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | | | (...) If those were the "lean years", the nineties must have been the "decidedly chubby" years. :-) -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —John VanZwieten
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| | | | | | John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:379019BC.74F840...est.net... (...) Just for the record, it's not a trilogy, but one book in three volumes. (...) Sections of are difficult to get through, but parts are great. The story of Beren (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Blake Christopher Gettig
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| | | | (...) Hmmmmm...wonder how an ABS plastic Beville would look after the "rack". (...) *laugh* (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Lord of the Rings —Blake Christopher Gettig
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| | | | (...) set. Hmmmmm...wonder how an ABS plastic Beville would look after the "rack". (...) *laugh* (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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