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Nurvingiel
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I just started reading "The Cantabury Tales", has anyone else read it?
The one I have is a selection (probably just as well, there are 29 pilgrims), but I was a bit disappointed to see that the Squire and the Ploughman didn't make the cut. However, those that did look quite interesting.
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Telcontar Dunedain
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What books did everyone get for Christmas? I got several Tolkien ones and an Arthurian legends one.
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gundamkiwi
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One of my best friends gave me The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton...it's rather...erm....melancholy. XD
I also got Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It by Roger von Oech from my grandparents. Haven't read that one yet, but it looks to be interesting.
Thirdly I got a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, so I have no idea what I'm going to get next. ^__^
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Nurvingiel
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Telcontar Dunedain wrote:
What books did everyone get for Christmas? I got several Tolkien ones and an Arthurian legends one.
Which books? Especially, which Arthurian legend? (There are so many, it's interesting to see if you and your pal have read the same ones.)
Hey Gundam, you could put the $25 towards a one book volume of LOTR...  Not that I really want one or anything... 
If you haven't already read these ones, I personally recommend the following Arthurian Legends:
Stephen R. Lawhead's 'The Pendragon Cycle':
1. Taliesin
2. Merlin
3. Arthur (My favourite Arthurian legend of all time!)
4. Pendragon
5. Grail
Gerald Morris' five book series:
1. The Squire's Tale
2. The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
3. The Savage Damself and the Dwarf
4. Parsifal's Page
5. The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
EDIT: Oh yeah, and I did get a book for Christmas:
Trees: An illustrated identifier and encyclopedia, by Tony Russel and Catherine Cutter
(unfortunately it doesn't have Pinus strobus but it is a really cool book.)
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Re: Reading and Books
Talesin is the one I got. Tolkienwise I got History of Middle-Earth 10, 11 and 12. Characters of Tolkien, Tree and Leafe, Tales form the Perilous Realm, The Letters of JRR Tolkien and a one volume edition of LotR.
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1/5/2005, 9:57
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My step-daughter, bless her soul, gave me a dozen new harliquin romance novelets . . . I mean really now, come on! Do I really seem like the type to enjoy such filth, such debauchory, such....wait a tick, gorgeous cover shot on that one, ohhh, steamy scene on the edge of a cliff....PSYC!
*vomits all over books upon trying to read back cover...*
I'd never ever ever tell her that I didn't appreciate the books, though. It would kill me to ever hurt her feelings...
Just had to whine to someone, all better now. 
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Aww, EB, trashy romance novels are funny! O_o They're so ridiculous it's nearly impossible not to laugh! I find 'em amusing, anyway...>_>
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