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It's just a question ... many of us read Tolkien day by day, I think, but sometimes what else do you read? Uh, I think it's mainly fantasy, and here are some of mine: Eragon, Eldest, by Christopher Paolini The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (I know this is not actually fiction) And many others which really don't come to mind as yet ... I really don't know how. All that is gold does not glitter Not all those who wander are lost The old that is strong does not wither Deep roots are not touched by the frost From the ashes a fire shall be woken A light from the shadow shall spring Renewed shall be blade that was broken The crownless again shall be king.
Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen,
yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!
Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier
mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lírinen.
Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?
An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë,
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië
untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!
Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar!
Nai elyë hiruva! Namárië!
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Some of my favorites are
Jan Guillou's (Evil)
Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
Anne Rice
J.K. Rowling (english versions!)
And some danish authors
I read Dan Brown to, but would never count him as one of my favorite authors.
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - JRR Tolkien
"Too bright were the eyes of Arien for even the Eldar to look on, and leaving Valinor she forsook the form and raiment which like the Valar she had worn there, and she was as a naked flame, terrible in the fullness of her splendour."
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The Authors I like are mainly:
Tolkien (of course)
C.S. Lewis
Anthony Horowitz
J.K. Rowling
Lian Hearn
Jane Austen and Enid Blyton, but only occasionally
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
And, definitely, The Bible, written by God.
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well, those are some of my favourite books that i love to read le petit nicolas(ο μικρος νικολας in my language i dont know the exact title in english) by rene goshini and zan zak senpe(i think the spelling is a bit wrong) i love those crazy kids school adventures! Nobody's Boy by hector malot, speaks about an orphan that was long abandomed by his family οταν ο ηλιος(the translation in english is sth like when the sun...)by zorz sari, speaks about the days that greece was under the control of hitlers empire ο μικρος αδερφος(the little brother) by loti petrovits-androutsopoulou, speaks about the separation of two brothers during the first world war in greece
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I often read the books of Bernard Werber, J.K.Rowling, C.S. Lewis, some contamporary Russian authors, detectives stories of English writers.
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J.K. Rowling. (hocus-pocus! :P)
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us..." Gandalf,Inacnus,Tharkun,Mithrandir,Olorin Amazon-Tolkien Thanks to Ranak for the signature and his signature shop! Gladiatus Game Awesome:)
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My favorites are: Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice,Sence and Sensibility,Persuasion,Emma) Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre,The Professor) Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights) F.Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) Elizabeth Gaskell (North and South) Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest)
In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
And elves
Come close your eyes
You can see them too
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Wow! That's alot of classics! Nice taste, there, though I cannot say I like reading many of those books.
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Has anyone else read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo? I loved that book and think I will read it again when I finish this Tolkien cycle I'm in now.
... the seas of the Bent World fell away beneath it, and the winds of the round sky troubled it no more...
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Yes, I've read it a couple of times. Les Miserables is a great book.
The best I've ever read (other than Tolkien's, defenitely!) are:
Dark Angel (Sally Beauman)
Ireland (Frank Delaney)
the Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory)
The Alchemist, the Zahir,the witch of Portobello (Paulo Coelho)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli)
Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Recently I'm reading The Aeneid by Virgil.
When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams
I still hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come, to end of days
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
And back again
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I totally forgot about Homer and Virgil. I'm a sucker for greek and roman mythology.
How do you like The Aeneid?
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - JRR Tolkien
"Too bright were the eyes of Arien for even the Eldar to look on, and leaving Valinor she forsook the form and raiment which like the Valar she had worn there, and she was as a naked flame, terrible in the fullness of her splendour."
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Arien wrote:How do you like The Aeneid? It's a great book. I've reached the part when Aeneas disembarks at Carthage and meets with Dido, in my country we call her Elissa(she was a Phoenician princess in South Lebanon). I've also read the Iliad and the Odyssey. I'm also a sucker for greek and roman mythologies. When I was about nine I've memorized all the names for every possible god or goddess in both mythologies along with all their legends. Thank goodness I've found someone who shares my enthusiasim! I thought i was the only one!
When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams
I still hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come, to end of days
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
And back again
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Arien wrote:I totally forgot about Homer and Virgil. I'm a sucker for greek and roman mythology. Oh, I like them too. Sometimes I read books of Pushkin and Lermontov and Shakespeare.
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Eledhwen wrote:
I thought i was the only one!
Oh no you're not! :) Once I knew a lot more about the whole thing, but I forgot most. But I did just have a class this year where we studied this subject. We read Oedipus in full adn some of the songs in the Aeneid and Illiad, which I've read before. I would just love to set up a production of Oedipus :) Can you imagine beeing at the great theatre festivals of ancient Grece!
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - JRR Tolkien"Too bright were the eyes of Arien for even the Eldar to look on, and leaving Valinor she forsook the form and raiment which like the Valar she had worn there, and she was as a naked flame, terrible in the fullness of her splendour."
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I would just love to set up a production of Oedipus :) Can you imagine beeing at the great theatre festivals of ancient Grece! Wow, you have a grand imagination Arien! I hope you get to fulfill your dream soon. I too wish to visit Greece someday and see its festivals. I have awesome pictures of it at home; Greece is marvellous!
When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams
I still hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come, to end of days
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
And back again
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They still do the big festivals?
Hey, some of you Greek guy must help here. What do you call those theatre festivals for Dionysos of ancient Greece in English?
Actually, Orestes is playing at a theatre not far from me, so I'm going in a week or so.
If I could choose another time to live in, I would love to live as a man around 400-300 BC. In Athens ofcourse.
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - JRR Tolkien
"Too bright were the eyes of Arien for even the Eldar to look on, and leaving Valinor she forsook the form and raiment which like the Valar she had worn there, and she was as a naked flame, terrible in the fullness of her splendour."
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Arien wrote:They still do the big festivals? Well,hell yeah..In fact i was been this summer,between the 22nd and 24th of June,in a fest called Promitheia(Προμήθεια) events of honour and elevation of Greek worldview,that take place in a small grove in the roots of the mount Olympos..At the first day the vestival began with the lighting of the Promithean Fire and after we watch ancient sports events,such as the race,the throws and the fight..The recitation of the Orphic Hymns was beautiful..At the end of the day it started the artistic events entitled "the Promethean Fire:Aizoon and eternally existing'and Hesiod,cosmogonic trip in the birth of the world..The last day we witnessed the marriage of a young couple according to the norms of the ancient tradition and a rite of naming by Apollo was organized in which a lot of us received a greek name,in a sympolical manner..More details from Monday,cause i'm going on a trip this weekend,to Delphi,the center of the world..Namarie..
In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
And elves
Come close your eyes
You can see them too
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IM BACK ! im half way through reading a book called Centurion by Simmon Scarrow i recomend it to any one who likes Rome and Lots of fighting and swearing lol 
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Interesting to see what other people like to read when they are not reading Tolkien. For myself I love reading both fact and fiction and think my tastes are fairly catholic, Just to give you some idea I like Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Colin Dexter, John Buchan, Bernard Cornwell, P D James, J K Rowling, R L Stevenson,Ian Fleming, "BB" and Rudyard Kipling. There are others but I think that will do for now.
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I just read whatever's on the shelf. We have enough books here to last me a few years more. Not really anything famous or anything, so I'm not gonna list everything I've read before. It's mostly Belgian authors anyway.
 
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