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Overnight Open ThreadSo I just finished re-reading the entire Lord of the Rings series including The Hobbit (~1400 pages). And it still holds up very well. I think the last time I read the whole thing was back in the early 80s and I was probably too young at the time to fully appreciate a lot of the story nuances. Two things I noticed during this read - one is that The Hobbit has a lot of foreshadowing and hints of the grander story sprinkled throughout it. Which would be pretty amazing of Tolkien to have dropped clues of things that wouldn't appear for another 10 years and 1000 pages later. But it turns out that after he finished the LotR trilogy, he went back and edited The Hobbit to make it more consistent with the later story. Still maintaining the consistency between the layers of the story over such a long tale is quite an achievement. Another thing is that Tolkien really dwells on describing the landscapes in full detail down the type of rocks and shrubbery the characters pass through. This was annoying the first time I read the series since I was in a rush to get to the action and find out what happened next. This time I could appreciate it as way of placing the reader into the book's world and giving you the feeling that you truly were traveling on an difficult and epic journey. Plus having read some of the early fantasy that inspired Tolkien (like William Morris' The Well at the End of the World) I can see how it was common to make the geography practically a character in its own right. So anyway if you haven't read the LotR series (even if you've seen the movies), go read them. You won't regret it. And if you have read the books and are hungry for more, there's always Kirill Yeskov's "The Last Ringbearer", a re-telling of the LotR story from the point of view of Mordor. In Yeskov's retelling, the wizard Gandalf is a war-monger intent on crushing the scientific and technological initiative of Mordor and its southern allies because science "destroys the harmony of the world and dries up the souls of men!"It sounds interesting but unfortunately isn't available for sale in the US because the Tolkien estate is famously litigious. But you can download it for free from here. The Gaddafi Remix David Brooks: More People Own Ferrets Than Watch Fox News The real question is: how do ferret ownership numbers compare to the readership of David Brooks? Ted Kennedy Was • “While [the married] Kennedy was in Santiago he made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night. Kennedy allegedly invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to participate in the night’s activities.”And then of course you have Kennedy's treasonous liaisons with the Soviets in 1978 and 1984. Good riddance. The Gallium Spoon Prank Or given my devious mind cast bullets from it that will melt inside your victim thus leaving no way to match them to a gun. You can buy some here. The Largest Airplane Still Flying Reagan Brings Back Uniforms For Generals Feb. 27, 1981: Military officers are back in uniform around Washington after an informal switch to civilian clothes, apparently prompted by a remark in 1955 by President Eisenhower that “the place looked like an armed camp.” The change was due to another presidential quip, this time from Ronald Reagan, who supposedly asked: “How do I know you’re a general if you don’t wear a uniform?” Lady Gaga Is an Original The Kindle Wants To Be Free In October 2009 John Walkenbach noticed that the price of the Kindle was falling at a consistent rate, lowering almost on a schedule. By June 2010, the rate was so unwavering that he could easily forecast the date at which the Kindle would be free: November 2011. The Oscar Picks Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings Top 10 sockpuppeteers: The group. Yeah. Tonight's post brought to you by Sophia: Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace. | Recent Comments
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