Hey all! Does anyone know of any accurate books that depict the behind the scenes goings-on at renaissance faires? Thanks for any info you all can supply. ...
... Actually, while I'd love to do a Christian Sci-fan event sometime, I was just thinking of getting some folks together from this list on a more social...
LOL! What I was looking for was a feel for how the relationships work behind the scenes. Like how well do the performers interact with the vendors (if they do)...
SCA people would be much more likely to say "No, No, velcro!!" than the Ren Faire people, I would think. Had some good times in the kingdom of trimaris... ... ...
... I knew a lot of people in the Ren Faire in Houston including the wife of the guy who was in charge of it. (They were fellow members of ComedySportz with...
Lucian Smith
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Mar 1, 2005 9:50 pm
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Ruth, you might wander over to swordforum.com, go to forums, and ask around there. Lots of people there are into Renn Faires and such. :-) They're a great...
Thanks Lucian. I really appreciate your offer but I hate to bug your acquaintances. Let me see if I can find out what I need book-wise. --ruth the lesser...
Sounds like a lovely chant --"No, no, vel-cro!" Or maybe someone's name "Lord Velcro McGillicuddy, Knight of the Royal Bandersnatch". (I see it's time to...
... Fair enough. I just thought that it might be good to try to have some sort of connection with the local component of the concom, and other "stranded" fans....
Greg Slade
grga@...
Mar 2, 2005 4:58 am
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... Hmmm, this is complex. But in my personal opinion they're calling us 'stupid Christians' because the pricipals of Christianity are against the world and ...
Hi again, Wow this thread is getting quite long, plus I've had rather limited internet access these few days. So forgive me if I state something that's already...
And Rebekah the Uninitiate speaketh up again, waxing verbose, and sayeth ... I don't think Sam thought to snatch the ring from Frodo, because it had been Frodo...
... Here is an entire site devoted to this debate (there are more out there, too). While the author contends that it is a simply a plot hole, he does so in a...
... Yeah, I remember that part clearly, that's why I said 'force' him to do it. :) Not that that would be an easy thing. I got the impression that Tom was...
I love the way so many readers (myself included) regard Lord of the Rings somehow as historical rather than fictional! It is just so real to the reader. What...
... lot of killing everyday. Eh? Interesting turn of phrase. Anyway, I think Tolkien's own letters seem to suggest he had a slightly more specific temptation...
... As I'm sure everyone here knows, Tolkien himself said that the Lord of the Rings was "a very Catholic story set in pre-Catholic times." It seems to me...
SPAWN OF A JEWISH CAR...
cms@...
Mar 4, 2005 7:39 pm
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An interesting twist (not that I take issue with the options Tolkien chose) might have been if it had turned out that the Ring itself had no power other than...
... < As I'm sure everyone here knows, Tolkien himself said that the Lord of the Rings was "a very Catholic story set in pre-Catholic times." > He was also...
... Allegorical symbolism represents one thing. Tolkienian symbolism represents everything...or at least, everything in a universe defined according to the...
... The story is about good versus evil, a story nobody ever seems to get tired of. His characterizations of people of Middle Earth indicate that no one was...
SPAWN OF A JEWISH CAR...
cms@...
Mar 5, 2005 6:56 pm
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... I'd be interested in reading this material. In what books did Tolkien say he deliberately had no Christ in his world? I remember him saying that the...
SPAWN OF A JEWISH CAR...
cms@...
Mar 5, 2005 7:03 pm
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... Well, the two best books that I've read on Middle Earth theology are THE LETTERS OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN, and the tenth volmue of the HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH...
Eh? Interesting turn of phrase. Anyway, I think Tolkien's own letters seem to suggest he had a slightly more specific temptation (the lust for power) in mind...
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' By Chris Hastings and Charles Laurence in New York (Filed: 06/03/2005) Walt Disney is to promote its $100...
A couple of weeks ago, I asked why so many in fandom, so many Unitarians, and so many others (paraphrased a bit) have such negative attitudes towards...
Or how about the Westboro Baptist Church which runs a website (godhatesfags.com) where they condemn Mr. rogers as a sodomite and going to hell? (see...
The problem is that if you try to tell someone they're being offenseive, they'll pull out verses aobut how Jesus says the world will hates you and hwo the...
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