Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-07 Thread Astromancer
Take your time...I love the Hitch Hiker's Guide series because it was read by Douglas Adams himself and it reminded me so much of what they did on Monty Python...There are six books to the series just like Herbert's Dune... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey, no biggie. I'm just funning. I get grief

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
hey, no biggie. I'm just funning. I get grief from lots of people for never having seen "It's a Wonderful Life", and also "Forest Gump", "The Maltese Falcon", "Citizen Kane" (highest on my list), or any of the "Godfather" movies. I created a spreadsheet last year on which I listed the American

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-07 Thread Astromancer
Chill, dude, I was joking...BUT...if you spend a lot of time doing the commute thing, I suggest the audionbook route...The Dune series definitely comes on tape and CD...a fantastic series to listen to is 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy'...It was dry, Python-esque humor and I couldn't stop

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
i know, i know! I've only seen the last scene, where everyone's happy and the angel's gonna get his wings -- Original message -- From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (GASP!) You've never seen 'It's A Wonderful Life'??? SHAME! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, every year o

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-06 Thread Astromancer
(GASP!) You've never seen 'It's A Wonderful Life'??? SHAME! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, every year or so I have to make this shameful confession, so let's get it over with: I, Keith Johnson, science fiction nut, lifelong reader and viewer of all things scifi, have never read any of the "Dun

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-04 Thread Martin
No shame in that, my friend. You *will*, however, *rectify* that *soon*, *right*? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, every year or so I have to make this shameful confession, so let's get it over with: I, Keith Johnson, science fiction nut, lifelong reader and viewer of all things scifi, have nev

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
Okay, every year or so I have to make this shameful confession, so let's get it over with: I, Keith Johnson, science fiction nut, lifelong reader and viewer of all things scifi, have never read any of the "Dune" books. (Hanging head in shame). I've also never read Heinlein's "Stranger in a Str

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-03 Thread Astromancer
There are several: A prequal trilogy leading up to the events of Dune: Dune-House Atreites, House Harkkonin (maybe I misspelled these names) and House Corrino...Then there are several more to include The Bukterian Jihad...I'm sure you can look them up...I have the trilogy in audiobook form (abri

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-03 Thread KeithBJohnson
is that novel any good? -- Original message -- From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reminds me of the newer Dune novel written by Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin Anderson... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the sales are high and the reviews are favorable. And since I a

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-02 Thread Astromancer
Reminds me of the newer Dune novel written by Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin Anderson... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the sales are high and the reviews are favorable. And since I absolutely *love* books that delve more deeply into the history of legends---"The Silmarillion" is one

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-02 Thread Martin
I read "1632" and a couple of its sequels. Comics, don't ask. I'm miles behind. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hear you, but I've been reading a time-waster series from Eric Flint that started with teh book "1632". It deals with the small West Virginia town of Grantviell, which is literally

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
I hear you, but I've been reading a time-waster series from Eric Flint that started with teh book "1632". It deals with the small West Virginia town of Grantviell, which is literally cut-and-pasted from our time to Germany in 1632. Smack dab in the middle of the Thirty Years war, the residents

Re: [scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-01 Thread Martin
Don't think I'll be waiting that long, Keith. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the sales are high and the reviews are favorable. And since I absolutely *love* books that delve more deeply into the history of legends---"The Silmarillion" is one of my favs--I think I'll enjoy this one too.

[scifinoir2] Sales soar for new Tolkien novel

2007-05-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, the sales are high and the reviews are favorable. And since I absolutely *love* books that delve more deeply into the history of legends---"The Silmarillion" is one of my favs--I think I'll enjoy this one too. Maybe I'll get it for the cold winter days, which is when I ready my heavier b