Okay, here's a simple question about Chesterton. If you were going to recommend one, and only one, book by G.K.C. to someone, which one would it be? And why. ...
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Travis Buchanan
twalkb
Mar 22, 2012 12:07 am
*Orthodoxy *would be the popular choice I'm sure (and ch. 4, 'The Ethics of Elfland', should be required reading of anyone who subscribes to a list that would...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Mar 22, 2012 2:25 am
... If the query were made to me in a pub, I would give a copy of _The Man Who Was Thirsty._...
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Jef Murray
jef.murray
Mar 22, 2012 1:59 pm
For fiction, and as my first choice in general, I'd recommend "Manalive"; (rather than "The Man Who Was Thursday," which I think would be most folks' first...
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Croft, Janet B.
jbcroft73019
Mar 22, 2012 2:57 pm
Oh, you mean _The Flying Inn_? “The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road…” Janet From: mythsoc@yahoogroups.com...
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Westermeyer GS11 Paul W
paul_westerm...
Mar 22, 2012 6:16 pm
... Well, I did mention Brook's books. But all his characters are really humans. Mutated humans, but humans. The elves are different, in theory, but they are...
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Croft, Janet B.
jbcroft73019
Mar 22, 2012 6:33 pm
... Isn't his work broad parody/comedy? I've had his work recommended to me often, but I'm just not a fan of parody/comedy in literature, I prefer that in...
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Alana Joli Abbott
artiephesus
Mar 22, 2012 6:45 pm
... I agree with Janet, but I would have suggested starting with *Small Gods* (which is an earlier stand-alone and was my first experience with a Pratchett ...
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tuhonbillmcg
Mar 22, 2012 8:23 pm
... Part of the problem is they are comparing apples with oranges. Martin's "Game of Thrones" falls more into the category of "Sword and Sorcery" (and...
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Morgan Thomsen
morganthomse...
Mar 22, 2012 8:58 pm
Mythoi: my newly created blog, which might be of occasional interest to Tolkien enthusiasts. I will mostly be posting (in English) about the publication...
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drldonovan
Mar 23, 2012 1:46 am
Forwarded for a friend. Please ignore if you have already received this through other sources. ... Hello: I will be doing a presentation on the topic of women...
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John Davis
mcxg46
Mar 23, 2012 9:37 am
I sometimes feel that Tolkien was the last of the medieval 'fantasy' writers (if you'll forgive me using the term backwards), not the first of the modern ones....
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davise@...
ernestsdavis
Mar 23, 2012 12:58 pm
No Father Brown enthusiasts? The few I read didn't do much for me, myself, but my impression is that 80 years ago, those would have been the hands-down...
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Bill West
lunacy2us
Mar 23, 2012 3:20 pm
Count me a "Father Brown" fan. I had torn through all the Sherlock Holmes canon in one weekend after surgery when I was 12 and looked for more. One of the...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Mar 23, 2012 4:31 pm
I found the Father Brown stories terminally annoying. Father Brown reaches his conclusions through his intuition into human nature. But human nature, even...
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scribbler@...
scribblerworks
Mar 23, 2012 6:35 pm
I've been very interested in this discussion, because as a writer of fantasy, I do consider myself "writing in the tradition of Tolkien". But since I have yet...
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John Rateliff
sacnoth32
Mar 27, 2012 4:24 am
A friend brought this to my attention today; someone bringing a mint-condition first edition first printing of THE HOBBIT, autographed, with original dust...
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GH Chinoy
ghchinoy
Mar 27, 2012 4:48 am
Stunning! I'll definitely watch for this episode - thanks for the heads up. H...
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Darrell A. Martin
forbarad
Mar 27, 2012 6:43 am
... John: A first edition, first impression, "Hobbit", in pristine shape; with an original first issue dust jacket in very good condition; signed by Tolkien. ...
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John Rateliff
sacnoth32
Mar 27, 2012 6:21 pm
Last week while looking for something else I ran across a book I'd not heard of before: GOD'S DEFENDERS: WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHY THEY ARE WRONG by Lovecraft...
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Darrell A. Martin
forbarad
Mar 27, 2012 7:11 pm
On 3/27/2012 1:21 PM, John Rateliff wrote: ... John: What little I know about Barfield agrees with your characterization. As for "The Four Loves", in my...
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Alana Joli Abbott
artiephesus
Mar 27, 2012 7:48 pm
... My understanding from courses partly on Barfield in college is that he was quite serious (if not devout) about being an Anthroposophist (following Rudolf...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Mar 27, 2012 11:47 pm
I read Joshi's _God's Defenders_ along with David Berlinski's _The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions._ Somehow I'd gotten the ...
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WendellWag@...
wendell_wagner
Mar 28, 2012 12:57 am
I read this book a few years ago when it was loaned to me by a friend who was no fan of any religious writer and who wanted to know what I thought of the...
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dale nelson
extollager2006
Mar 28, 2012 10:13 pm
Owen Barfield believed in the human mystery, the human being as a spiritual entity, which might be enough to exasperate STJ. Dale Nelson ...
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Emily Wagner
nativedenver
Mar 29, 2012 8:14 pm
I've been quietly lurking for several months, and this question has prompted me to stick my oar in the water. "A very good book that I just don't like very...
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Alana Joli Abbott
artiephesus
Mar 29, 2012 11:23 pm
... I feel that way, too. I'm writing a review of a book that had a whole cast of fully realized characters that I despised. There's no question in my mind...
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tuhonbillmcg
Mar 30, 2012 1:19 pm
... I felt that way about the Thomas Covenent series and The Kite Runner; both very well written works whose main character I frequently wanted to strangle. ...
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Westermeyer GS11 Paul W
paul_westerm...
Mar 30, 2012 6:53 pm
I think being able to recognize a good, well written book that is not to one's taste is an important but sadly rare skill. I find myself constantly debating...
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WendellWag@...
wendell_wagner
Mar 31, 2012 3:03 am
Paul, there is a 5.6 KB file attached to your message. You don't make any mention of it in your message. Is that a file you were sending to all of us, or...
