Quote: Renegade Carpark @ July 30 2009, 1:16 AM BSTI think it was called 'Hard Evidence'
Quote: Leevil @ July 30 2009, 1:21 AM BSTSounds sexy!
I have the DVD, I'm surprised it's for kids though.
Books you read as a child... Page 11
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ July 29 2009, 10:17 PM BSTIt's influence on contemporary culture can't be denied though. Same with Ian Fleming's novels.
Same with The Beatles.
Quote: Marc P @ July 30 2009, 12:01 AM BSTTalk us through why? Maybe more eloquently?
I don't tend to remember the finer detail of why something is a steaming pile of shit.
Quote: Kenneth @ July 30 2009, 12:33 AM BSTAs for comic books, Tintin and then Asterix. And Disney comics (mainly the Duck stories by Carl Barks). And the Phantom and Mandrake. And Oor Wullie and the Broons.
I received an Oor Wullie book for Christmas one year. Couldn't decipher the first page.
Quote: Aaron @ July 30 2009, 10:38 AM BSTSame with The Beatles.
I don't tend to remember the finer detail of why something is a steaming pile of shit.
You've been at the Wilde again, come on admit it!
Quote: Marc P @ July 30 2009, 10:40 AM BSTYou've been at the Wilde again, come on admit it!
Don't laugh at your own jokes, Marc!
I like Tolkein's stories, just don't like the way he writes.
Quote: chipolata @ July 30 2009, 10:41 AM BSTDon't laugh at your own jokes, Marc!
Well I was laughing at Aaron's response, in a good way, there, not my quip.
Quote: garyd @ July 30 2009, 1:53 AM BSTWhat the Dickens!
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 30 2009, 10:41 AM BSTI like Tolkein's stories, just don't like the way he writes.
The first chapter or so of Lord of the Rings is practically unreadable unless you're a genealogist. It is in my opinion reminiscent of the Old Testament. The 'so-so begat so-so' bit. However once you get into the story it's great.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 30 2009, 10:41 AM BSTI like Tolkein's stories, just don't like the way he writes.
He is fine until he lapses into the style of William Morris, as in large chunks of book six of The Lord of the Rings, and most of the Silmarillion stuff; then it gets hard going.
Quote: Marc P @ July 30 2009, 10:45 AM BSTWell I was laughing at Aaron's response, in a good way, there, not my quip.
In that case, but the laughing emoticon before your own comment. Basic forum etiquette!
Quote: Timbo @ July 30 2009, 10:58 AM BSTHe is fine until he lapses into the style of William Morris
You mean he starts telling the story via wallpaper samples?
Quote: Aaron @ July 30 2009, 10:39 AM BSTI received an Oor Wullie book for Christmas one year. Couldn't decipher the first page.
Jings, crivens and help ma Boab! It was like the Beano but with a heart and soul - and Scottish accents. And better stories.
Silmarillion. Kayleigh. Great song.
Quote: Kenneth @ July 30 2009, 11:11 AM BSTJings, crivens and help ma Boab! It was like the Beano but with a heart and soul - and Scottish accents. And better stories.
They should have made it in English.
George Orwell was my favourite author as a child.
Quote: chipolata @ July 30 2009, 11:07 AM BSTYou mean he starts telling the story via wallpaper samples?
In a sense. Morris' prose style was much the same as his approach to design: dense, ornate and self-consciously Medievalist. His Well at the World's End is a big influence on Lord of the Rings; The Silmarillion possibly owes more to Lord Dunsany's Pegana. In the context of the tradition he was working in Tolkien represents a departure to a more accessible 'pulpy' style. For good or ill, the modern literary fantasy genre would not exist without him.