Hi there, I wonder how many of you have "Lord of the Rings" on your "reading pile". I want to read it definitely second time before the movie comes to cinemas ...
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seamusemer@...
Aug 8, 2001 2:30 pm
In a message dated 8/8/01 5:37:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Tim Burton should stop directing the dreck he directs and do a wonderful fantasy by J.C. In...
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Jim Rovira
jrovira@...
Aug 8, 2001 2:43 pm
Yep, I'm a Tolkein freak too :) Nah, the movie won't be nearly anything as good as the book -- it can't be. The type of storytelling you can do in a 2 hour...
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Sandra Kasturi
kasturi@...
Aug 8, 2001 4:30 pm
I've been a big fan of Tolkien ever since I read THE HOBBIT as a 10-year-old. Probably what got me reading speculative fiction in the first place. I've...
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MaryKay Soesbe
msoesbe@...
Aug 9, 2001 12:51 am
Here's some geeky freeky people deding whether or not to read before the movie, it's actually a Jonathan Carroll discussion group:rondua@yahoogroups.com...
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Jim Rovira
jrovira@...
Aug 9, 2001 1:04 am
heh.....you know, this is really pretty funny :) Jim...
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seamusemer@...
Aug 9, 2001 2:16 am
In a message dated 8/8/01 5:52:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, msoesbe@... ... nasty remarks like that. everyone always ignored my postings anyway in this ...
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Daniela Buck
daniela.buck@...
Aug 9, 2001 5:42 am
I agree wholeheartedly. Daniela...
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Sheila Pham
spha6092@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:43 am
Just to throw in my two cents... Perhaps I am wrong but I think there's been some kind of misunderstanding. I would have taken that comment made by MaryKay as...
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Coleman
davidscottcoleman@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:43 am
I go on vacation for a few weeks and come back to find the Rondua group has awakened... and it appears to be in a foul mood. What's going on? Who is being mean...
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Glen Engel-Cox
MrWrite@...
Aug 9, 2001 11:14 am
Sigh. I guess I should email the people who unsubscribed as well. Don't get all in a tizzy--yes, the group is a discussion of Carroll, but in lean times...
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??o ??
PedroDias@...
Aug 9, 2001 11:31 am
... From: Coleman Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 2:52 AM To: rondua@yahoogroups.com Subject: [rondua] What's going on? ... The original post should still be...
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Jim Rovira
jrovira@...
Aug 9, 2001 1:45 pm
Ok, if I was going to take the message seriously, I'd say that it looked like whoever sent the message to the list meant to be forwarding it to a friend. So...
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MaryKay Soesbe
msoesbe@...
Aug 10, 2001 12:35 am
YES! a very unfortunate understanding! I was trying to mail the rondua add. to my sister and"geeky-freeky" is a compliment!!!! I am SO SO sorry if I offended...
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Jim Rovira
jrovira@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:11 am
I'm really glad you piped up, and I love the private language you have going with your sister :) Whenever you want to forward something, just check the TO: and...
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Sheila Pham
spha6092@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:30 am
Phew. Glad that's been cleared up. I don't ever use expressions like "geeky freeky" but it's easy to see how people might think that is an insult! It's easy to...
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Marc Librescu
marc86@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:39 am
Actually, a "geek" is someone who bites the heads off chickens at a carnival sideshow. Glad to be of service. Go back to what you were doing. ... From: Sheila...
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RandeeDawn@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:59 am
I've always said that we're all geeks for the things we love. I'm happily a JC geek. Glad it all turned out well. Best, Randee [Non-text portions of this...
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Jim Rovira
jrovira@...
Aug 10, 2001 2:37 am
Hey...you know what a "dork" really is? A whale's penis :) Jim...
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Tomasz Konatkowski
tomaszko@...
Aug 10, 2001 8:48 am
... Yes, you're right. Actually, I always like to read posts to this group not because of Carroll only, but because all of you are such avid readers (just like...
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Sandra Kasturi
kasturi@...
Aug 10, 2001 7:15 pm
Largely for the Canadians, but we would appreciate everyone else's support too!! My apologies to anyone who has already seen this. ... From: Mici Gold...
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Gwenda.Bond@...
Aug 15, 2001 12:21 pm
I am job-changing, and I need to unsubscribe this e-mail address from the Rondua list primarily so that all of you don't get returned unknown-type messages...
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Gwenda.Bond@...
Aug 15, 2001 12:22 pm
Duh. I see it appears at the bottom of my post. Thanks, see you with a new e-mail address... Gwenda ... From: Gwenda.Bond@......
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Sandra Kasturi
kasturi@...
Aug 15, 2001 1:29 pm
Here a sort of pre-review of the LOTR film at the e-zine where I'm poetry editor. It discusses the 3-act structure and applies it to the Star Wars movies as...
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jennifer jurwich
jjurwich@...
Aug 16, 2001 1:31 am
Hi, all. I'm glad the whole "geek" thing was resolved peacefully. (Personally, I thought it sounded more like a conversation from SEINFELD than something out...
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Sandra Kasturi
kasturi@...
Aug 17, 2001 8:01 pm
A friend of mine is looking for a WFC membership--anyone out there who bought one and can't go and wants to unload a membership? If so, e-mail me off list. ...
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Sheila Pham
spha6092@...
Aug 20, 2001 12:33 pm
Dear All, Being the newbie that I am to JC, I have the pleasure of discovering his books for the first time. And I'll probably be able to stretch this pleasure...
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jillski2@...
Aug 20, 2001 3:54 pm
Sheila, this is one of the wonders of Carroll that really hooked me. Being able to have our own frame of reference and characters/events that interconnect...
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Marc Librescu
marc86@...
Aug 21, 2001 2:13 pm
While Carroll is one of my favorite writers, I would have to say that he's somewhat uneven, which is to say that some of his novels are better than others. His...
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Dagmar Lipovics
dagmarlipovics@...
Aug 22, 2001 5:44 am
People have been fighting about the ends of Carroll's novels for years. Some love them, some hate them. And I think this will go on because that is what he...
