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I'm looking forward with some slight trepidation on how they treat it visually. The descriptions of the the main house are fairly specific. I'd have to go read it again, but as I recall it's something like a rambling ranch house made out of hewed timber, nothing "elf" fancy.
From what has been shown of the main house (very little), it looks far more rustic. Book-wise, you're right about Beorn's main house Huntn. I don't have the book with me, but the vast 'ranch house' made of hewed timber sounds like Beorn's house.
We don't need no stinkin' elves design in Beorn's house.
I'm glad you're enjoying it. Actually, it is one of the rare instances where I have not read the book and have seen the movie (usually, for me, it is the other way around.)
Physically, a most handsome looking book; enjoy it.
thanks! started and it and i am enjoying it very much. the documentary coming out about him is taken from this book.
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W. F. Ryan's Magic in History entry, The Bathhouse at Midnight. I usually can't stand academic treatises on magic and myths, but Ryan cuts to the chase and writes an easily readable tome on Magic in Russia. I come back to this book frequently for character reference and to understand a little bit more about religion and superstition in pre-20th century Russia. I can randomly open up to page looking for something on vampires and be enthralled by the content which isn't about vampires.
W. F. Ryan's Magic in History entry, The Bathhouse at Midnight. I usually can't stand academic treatises on magic and myths, but Ryan cuts to the chase and writes an easily readable tome on Magic in Russia. I come back to this book frequently for character reference and to understand a little bit more about religion and superstition in pre-20th century Russia. I can randomly open up to page looking for something on vampires and be enthralled by the content which isn't about vampires.
Did you read Frazier's The Golden Bough? I have my difficulties reading specialised books in English, so I couldn't finish it (far away from) yet, but it's an absolutely interesting take on origins and intersections regarding ritual, (positive and negative) magic, religion, taboo and such things. Think it is dated as a scientific book but nevertheless truly fascinating and poetic. Think I get a second, translated version so I can finish it...
I have not
but I have heard of Frazer's The Golden Bough , never read it. But skimming some pages on Amazon inspired me to order a used copy. Thanks for the suggestion!
Did you read Frazier's The Golden Bough? I have my difficulties reading specialised books in English, so I couldn't finish it (far away from) yet, but it's an absolutely interesting take on origins and intersections regarding ritual, (positive and negative) magic, religion, taboo and such things. Think it is dated as a scientific book but nevertheless truly fascinating and poetic. Think I get a second, translated version so I can finish it...
but I have heard of Frazer's The Golden Bough , never read it. But skimming some pages on Amazon inspired me to order a used copy. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Lately I seem to be starting book series from anything but the first book. Case in point, I'm currently devouring John Legg's Mountain Man novel Winter Thunder, which is book 2 in a trilogy (I knew that.). I nearly forgot how much I enjoyed reading about free trappers/mountain men both in fiction and historical books. Ordered the rest of the trilogy used on the strength of the opening five pages.
Lately I seem to be starting book series from anything but the first book. Case in point, I'm currently devouring John Legg's Mountain Man novel Winter Thunder, which is book 2 in a trilogy (I knew that.
). I nearly forgot how much I enjoyed reading about free trappers/mountain men both in fiction and historical books. Ordered the rest of the trilogy used on the strength of the opening five pages.Reading Richard Ford's The Lay of the Land, part three in the Frank Bascombe series. Slow going.
Also started Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. Lighter and quicker than my other read.
Also started Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. Lighter and quicker than my other read.
Read the short story Minority Report by Phillip Dick. Not a bad story, based on the concept of precogs and precrime, but this is a case where the movie was more intriguing than the book.
I just finished Rick Riordan's The Serpent's Shadow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpent's_Shadow_(2012_novel). In general, the series has stayed decent, although I didn't think this one was as good as the last.
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I am rereading the UCLA screenwriting book Cut to the Chase. While it is not recommended for class, it is helpful to check against the almost non-existent lectures our Professor has given us thus far.
It is a good book and one I think the school should recommend because it does cover many elements of writing in one small paperback.
I am rereading the UCLA screenwriting book Cut to the Chase. While it is not recommended for class, it is helpful to check against the almost non-existent lectures our Professor has given us thus far.
It is a good book and one I think the school should recommend because it does cover many elements of writing in one small paperback.