What was the last book you read?

[Xaccers]

I'll never have sex with you again! - A book of humourous birth stories which often moved me to a tear

Pornucopia - A strange erotic tale about a man's search to get his original 3.97 inches back. Much naughtiness

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

I agree about the singing.Also in the first one there too many damned hobbits.

Frankly I read LOTR about 25/30 years ago and loved it.Read it recently when the films were due out and wondered what I'd been on the first time round.
It's dialogue is stodgy and I ended up wanting to stomp all the damned stupid hobbits into the ground.

I too preferred the films.

Incog.

Yeah, i think though that i would have enjoyed the books a LOT more had i NOT seen the film funnily enough. Your own imagination is way better than someone elses interpretation off a book i think.

Probably why so many book to film projects go wrong.

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by theblueraja

Yeah, i think though that i would have enjoyed the books a LOT more had i NOT seen the film funnily enough. Your own imagination is way better than someone elses interpretation off a book i think.

Probably why so many book to film projects go wrong.

This is very true, in most cases I (personally) think that the book is often better than the film. In fact the only case that immidiately springs to mind - whereI thought the opposite is 'The Tommyknockers' - I thought the TV movie was a lot better than the book.

In the Lord of the Rings' case - I am glad that the films have been made as they will give an access to the general public to the story. But there is still a lot of the story (Tom Bombadil anyone ) missing which is a shame.

[philip.j.fry]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

But there is still a lot of the story (Tom Bombadil anyone ) missing which is a shame.

Don't get me started There was a funny bit in the film, I forget which bit now but where Sam says 'we shouldn't be here' in a scene which isn't in the book and I blurted out 'no you shouldn't' in the middle of the cinema

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

In the Lord of the Rings' case - I am glad that the films have been made as they will give an access to the general public to the story. But there is still a lot of the story (Tom Bombadil anyone ) missing which is a shame.

LOL,
I remember reading the book and this guy called Tom Bombadil sprang up, i thought - hold on - this guys not in the film - hmmm, interesting. Then a few pages on i just wanted to smack his brains out with a large stick. He pretty much ranks as the ONLY character from a book that has managed to really **** me off.

Then i realised why he wasnt in the film. Whats the score with his wife though, anyone know? They didnt elaborate on that but suggested that she was special...

Edit : Beat me to it - Looks like im not the only one ^^

[philip.j.fry]

Originally Posted by theblueraja

LOL,
I remember reading the book and this guy called Tom Bombadil sprang up, i thought - hold on - this guys not in the film - hmmm, interesting. Then a few pages on i just wanted to smack his brains out with a large stick. He pretty much ranks as the ONLY character from a book that has managed to really **** me off.

Then i realised why he wasnt in the film. Whats the score with his wife though, anyone know? They didnt elaborate on that but suggested that she was special...

Edit : Beat me to it - Looks like im not the only one ^^

It's mainly about the way it was written, Tolkien wasn't just writing a single novel that had a beginning and an end, but a whole world where every character had their own history and destiny. So you get bits like with Tom Bombadil, where the main characters cross paths with him and he is not just a supporting character but a whole individual, but because Lord of the Rings was not his story you only get a short snippet of his life. There's another book called The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, which I believe is a childrens book. Really, to get the true LOTR experience, you have to read everything else like Unfinished Tales. Christopher Tolkien has also done a very good job of collating some of his fathers notes and essays.

[Sipowicz]

The last one I read was Wilt by Tom Sharp (for the fourth or fifth time!) - I read somewhere that Wilt 4 is out in the late summer!

Before that it was Soldier 5 by Mike Coburn.

Next will hopefully be the latest book about Paddy Mayne (at one time the most decorated soldier in the british Army; Boxer and Irish Rugby international!) But I might just dig out Vintage Stuff by Tom Sharp!

[TheBlueRaja]

Sorry - Just one more LOTR post from me,

Given that i was banging on about Tom earlier i decided to have a look around the web and see what the internet nuts had to say about him. Didnt have to look for long - and stumbled upon this.

http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/theories/bombadil.htm

Interesting read.... (Only if you read / can remember the book)

Check out the Next/Previous topics as well for some laffs.

[Captain_caveman]

Just Finished: "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser,
I'll never eat at a Mcdonald etc.. ever again!!!

Just started: "No Logo" By Naomi Klein

Been reading for 5 years: LOTR currently on the Two Towers

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Captain_caveman

Just Finished: "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser,
I'll never eat at a Mcdonald etc.. ever again!!!

I said that too.. I think I lasted 6 months.... the only thing that made me feel a little better is that the book is mostly based on the american food industry and I hope (naively, I'm sure) that those sorts of things (like the stuff in the slaughter houses, and the jets of excrement) don't happen over here...

[Captain_caveman]

I've tried to avoid them latley because of Dietry reasons but cannot seem to resist a KFC every now and again, but have managed to avoid Mcd's, and Burger King, (Because they are not behind my house like KFC)
I hope that none of that goes on over here, although with the BSE crisis and the Foot and mouth epidemic, over here, I'm wondering what else might have been going on in the years running up to them.
But then again that might just be me being paraniod!

What book are you reading though?

Incog.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by homealone

ah, but your reading is ultimately introspective, a good novel allows one to 'escape' & indulge another perspective

i indulge in worldwide prespectives, diffarent news organisations, diffarent reports etc :pp

all sorts :pp

[Tezcatlipoca]

Just re-read Michael Chrichton's "Timeline" (needed something for the train).

Next up...Probably "Plague Wars"

Originally Posted by theblueraja

LOL,
I remember reading the book and this guy called Tom Bombadil sprang up, i thought - hold on - this guys not in the film - hmmm, interesting. Then a few pages on i just wanted to smack his brains out with a large stick. He pretty much ranks as the ONLY character from a book that has managed to really **** me off.

Ah, but if he hadn't been in there, then the Harvard Lampoon would never have been able to come up with "Tim Benzedrino" and "Hashberry" in "Bored of the Rings"...!