Books

sabrebatgirl · Post by **sabrebatgirl** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:43 pm

I just got my reading list, I have to read One flew over the cukoo's nest by Ken Kesey and A streetcar named desire by Tennessee Williams. Anyone know if they're any good? I also have Lonesome Dove as an alternative to One flew over the Cokoo's nest, but that's a long book so I don't think I'll pick it just because I don't have the time to read it.

IsnipeWithAknife · Post by **IsnipeWithAknife** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:48 pm

it's called glamdring!

Olwë Elanessë is my Elvish Name
http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/
Pimpernel Hardbottle is my Hobbit Name
http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/

THE BEST LOTR RESOURCE SITE I KNOW www.glyphweb.com/arda
like those large world book encyclopedia volumes everything u can possibly know organized A-Z, u can also look up cities, titles, races, food, .... everything

Matadork05 · Post by **Matadork05** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:14 pm

Nerwen Arnatuilë <--Elvish name
Marigold Bulge of Great Smials <--Hobbit name

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:03 am

Elvish Name: Elrohir Falassion
Hobbit Name: Drogo Bleecker-Baggins of Fair Downs

IsnipeWithAknife · Post by **IsnipeWithAknife** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:22 am

Drogo Baggins! ur frodo's dad!

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 11:00 am

<announcer's voice>
"And he takes a 1-0 lead in ultimate fandom of LOTR"

LovableSheep · Post by **LovableSheep** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 8:54 pm

Well, if we're posting our LOTR names, then here's mine:

Hobbit: Mungo Loamsdown of Deephallow
Elvish: Finrod Carnesîr

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 2:57 pm

Oi, Isnipewithaknife.
How goes yar Elvish?

"I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han noston ned 'wilith."

sonya · Post by **sonya** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 3:40 pm

this is cute! how do they figure it out?

the first time I typed my name it had typos, and came up with:
Ireth Ringëril

correctly it's:
Merenwen Tulcakelumë

-- but I think Ireth Ringëril is much, much prettier. I like it. Maybe I'll name my kid that someday.

hobbit name:
Ruby Danderfluff

Ruby's also a pretty name..

Personal · Post by **Personal** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:03 pm

Here's my names

Elvish name:
Nolofinwë Ancalímon

Hobbit name:
Falco Loamsdown .

So there we go. I think both of my names are pretty cool, I especially like my elvish name.

sonya · Post by **sonya** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:07 pm

I want to read Shakespeare's Henry IV and the Tale of Genji before my classes start. Earlier this summer I bought an anthology of world literature and it includes Genji (as well as Don Quixote -- another I want to hit long before I die -- Gilgamesh, Life is a Dream, Everyman, etc.), I plan to get through with this book sometime in my life. At least, before I'll allow myself to purchase any more books.

-- as for plays, there are many better ones, but Cyrano de Bergerac is my favorite. The first time I read it... I was so awed by the ending that it was all I could think about. It changed the way I thought about a lot of things -- it was one of the books that made me want to become a writer. I highly recommend reading it.

re: Russian writers being philosophical -- it's just cause those are the only ones you get to read.

They had their share of Grishams and V.C. Andrews, I'm sure.

Dostoevsky is one of my favorite writers, too. His books certainly are philosophical.. Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment are cool (Crime and Punishment was the first I had ever read by him -- and it will definitely change your perspective on logic and morality), but my favorites are The Idiot and The Adolescent. The Idiot is kind of like Forest Gump, only a century earlier... it's a really cool story with a horribly sad ending. I kind of related to the Adolescent when I first read it -- I was like, 16 at the time. I was just like him back then.

I had a similar phase with J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, and the Glass books. Most of his protagonists share Holden's aching self consciousness and desire to... to do things right.

Another great writer is W. Somerset Maugham; he reminds me of Dostoevsky, only he doesn't have the Russianness to his writing. I recommend his book, "Of Human Bondage."

"The World According to Garp," by John Irving, is CLASSIC. It is the funniest thing I have ever read.

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote is also great; and Les Liasons Dangereuses by Laclos is the scariest, craziest, and most twisted story I have ever read. The movie Cruel Intentions is based on it.

More great writers are Kurt Vonnegut, G.K. Chesterton, Soren Kierkegaard, and Hermann Hesse.

sonya · Post by **sonya** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:38 pm

I just got my reading list, I have to read One flew over the cukoo's nest by Ken Kesey and A streetcar named desire by Tennessee Williams. Anyone know if they're any good?

They're both very good..

hmmm... there's a movie version of Streetcar, that is true to the play (there's also a movie to one flew over, which I've never seen). I don't mean that you shouldn't read the book, but the movie has Marlon Brando in the lead male role.

It's amazing how hot some of the actors our parents grew up with were, when they were young... pre-Godfather.. Brando had played the role on Broadway, was hired to do the movie, and became the male sex symbol of 50's when he broke onto the silver screen in the white muscle tee as Stanley.. He was sooo hot. It nearly breaks my heart that he was long before my time..

TrumpetsRule17 · Post by **TrumpetsRule17** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:44 pm

a streetcar named desire is pretty good

go read enders game
possibly one of the best books i hav read in a while

Trumpet Man 05 · Post by **Trumpet Man 05** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 9:06 pm

I just went to those name websites. For elvish, with my short name, I'm Maglor Telrúnya, but with my full name, I'm Orophin Telrúnya. I think Orophin sounds better, Maglor makes me sound fat.

Hobbit: Short name- Fosco Gamgee-Took of Bywater
Full name- Sancho Gamgee-Took of Bywater

I think Sancho sounds cooler also. Full names beat short names 2-0.

IsnipeWithAknife · Post by **IsnipeWithAknife** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 10:01 pm

these elvish phrases sound and mean so pretty.. yet when it's supposed to sound like Tamil(india) not really soo americanized like in the movie.

My heart shall weep until it sees thee again
Cormamin niuve tenna' ta elea lle au'

Ever is thy sight a joy
Oio naa elealla alasse'

the only thing i have left to do is memorizing those 8 pages....