Read any good books lately?

Discussion in 'New Roundtable' started by locoguano, Mar 12, 2012.

  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    It's not really a novel, at least not a narrative novel like Hobbitt and Rings. It was published after Tolkien's death by his son who cobbled together five unfinished tales from the Elder Days.

    It's like reading the bible. Lots of hard-to-remember names, archaic language, and "Melkor begat Faenor before the Sindar left Numeanoria" kind of abbreviated tribal histories. It's hard to relate to characters who have little dialog. The book is ponderously serious with none of the light-hearted moments and personal character development of the main Tolkien novels.

    Although of great interest to fans of Middle Earth (I own a first edition), I must pronounce it a dreadful bore as a novel.
     
  2. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

    Red's pretty much right on, it talks about the creation of middle earth through the mind of Iluvatar who is "god". There are parts that are boring, but there are parts that are amazing. If you ever wanted to know the back history of middle earth that's where it is.
     
  3. gynojunkie

    gynojunkie "Pooties R Us"

    "Grant Speaks," by Ev Ehrlich. An historical, faux-autobiographical novel of U.S. Grant, with some unusual twists! Humorous and ingenious!
     
  4. Bud Lee

    Bud Lee Call me buttercup

    Yes...me...it is good.
     
  5. Mr. Peabody

    Mr. Peabody Founding Member


    I like them both. The Omega Man is a classic. I haven't seen it in a very long time. I never see it playing on TV. I need to buy it. I love charlton Heston (no homo)
     
  6. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

  7. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    Netflix has it online.
     
  8. watson1880

    watson1880 Founding Member

  9. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

  10. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

    About to finish up Spycraft A history of the CIA and ready to start Lone Survivor. I can't wait to read that one.
     

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