Having just read the fifth Harry Potter book and finally seen the second movie, I was wondering about the muggle/wizard population ratio in Potterworld. Surely...
Actually, Pauline, I'm almost sure there was another fantasy by Enright, related to the Tatsinda book. Which is not really a picture book, if I remember ...
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions! I want to go & reread some of them myself, or read for the first time in some cases--I missed some, and some...
Well, I just finish HPV. I am afraid I didn't enjoy it as much as the others, and I agree that it was too long. During this book I kept re-imagining scenes...
... Well, FWIW, and take into consideration as you read this, I have an M.Div. from a Bible-believing Presbyterian demination's seminary. And, I find it not...
Hello. I'm pretty much new here. I think I've been a member of this group for a week or so, but I haven't had a lot of time to read or to post. So now I am...
... Imagination, definitely: its not just fun, it opens up--briefly, albeit, fragmentarily--an imaginal world, at least in my judgment. It was one of those ...
In a message dated 6/28/3 10:18:30 AM, Lizzie wrote: <<> What about "chesed"? What does that word mean? Wendell Wagner >> I am sorry, but it's been a long...
Anne said: << FYI my Welsh dictionary gives "gwaedwr" as "bleeder, killer"...interesting. >> so does mine, along with "eg. ll. -wyr. un sy'n gwaedu;...
Of interest to some given the recent discussions. http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml? type=internetNews&storyID=2954695 Sabrina, Harry and the Web Help...
... Now I have a general discussion question. I have these past few years read a number of books by female writers, with male protagonists. Several of C.S....
From the UK Daily Mail: "A forthcoming West End production of the Lord of the Rings is being menaced by the Beard Liberation Front. Tolkien's epic is big on ...
One of the examples I like to use is the Welsh word 'hiraeth' which a native speaker (I forget the name) defined as "a cry of outrage against the tyranny of...
Wendell said: << This would be part of the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (which says that some languages can express ideas that others can't),...
... In Newspeak, yes, but not in English, of which there are still a few speakers around. ... No. Hebrew has typical genders. The names of God and the...
... What does that word mean? Wendell Wagner >> I am sorry, but it's been a long time, and I can't recall if it was "merciful"; or "blessed" or what. There was...
Hi, I have a 13 year old daughter who finished the newest HP yesterday morning (I had stayed up all night Saturday to finish it, and my husband has my copy ...
Hi, I've never posted, although I've been lurking for about 2 months now. Your post caught my attention, since I am Catholic and an avid reader of the Harry...
In a message dated 6/25/2003 6:21:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Well, I'd never call it the Spike show. But someone on a WisCon panel I was on pointed out...
Why does Claire dislike Freddy, asked Mary. I'm not sure, but I think she resents the way that Freddy came to dominate the stories and series at the expense...
This was certainly a topic of interest to me when my daughter was 10. And remains so. I think a lot of the suggestions that have been made are books that this...
