wordy authors (was: Re: [geeks] okay. )

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 10:31, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
> On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 10:06 AM, Don McClure wrote:
> 
> > on 5/10/02 11:03 AM, alex j avriette at avriettea at speakeasy.net wrote:
> >
> >> Yup. Myself, I never cared for the Tolkein books (I tried really hard).
> >> However, if you want some dense wordy stuff, try Eco. _In the Name of
> > Ah but Tolkien's "wordy"ness is part of the charm. Tolkien himself said 
> > that
> > LOTR wasn't long enough...
> 
> I (surprisingly) find myself agreeing with Alex - I never liked any of 
> Toklen's stuff, and I've tried many times.
> 
> I also didn't like 2001, which really puts me on the outs as far as 
> geekness. :-)

Well, the movie truly was total crap, so I can't fault you for not
liking it.  I never bothered to read the book.
	Greg

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