The book is a far far better thing that I read than I have ever read.

The Orthodox Tribes celebrate Christmas Eve today ...
I wish a Merry Christmas - Blessed Be Every Open Heart ... :")
If you are interested in the Shades of the Word, feel free to check these Bible Studies ~*~

Enheduanna
the First Author




Who: Perhaps more a title than a name, "Enheduanna" means something like "High Priestess, Ornament of the Sky."

When: Enheduanna was born around 2300 BCE, though some scholars place her a little later, at circa 2285-2250 BCE.

Where: Sumer and Akkad (Mesopotamian kingdoms) were united and ruled by Enheduanna's father. Enheduanna was Akkadian, but lived in the Sumerian city or Ur. This is in the part of the world that we now know as southern Iraq.

Skyking: Interesting fact.

I've just started reading a book by the grandson of J.R.R.Tolkien. His name is Simon Tolkien and he is a barrister in England. The book is called Final Witness and is the junior Tolkien's first novel. I've only read the first couple of chapters yet (too soon to rate the book). His style of story telling is different from what I'm used to reading but eerily close to my own!

I'm currently reading a book called, "When The Sleeper Wakes" by H.G. Wells.
Originally published in 1899.

It's a story about a man who falls into a deep sleep and wakes up over 200 years later in the future.
A most highly recommended read for anyone with a good imagination and zest for classic Sci-Fi :-)

Mongoloid: Sounds good. It would be interesting to see how a 19th century author imagined lfe would be like that far into the future. Thanks for the tip :-)

Stardust: Yes, that's what I was thinking!
I'm studying to be an author, and it was very interesting to see that HG Wells placed his future time around 2100. That's still our future, isn't it?

Mongoloid: It was the last time I checked lol

Mongoloid: Reminds me of Well's The Time Machine

I discovered him quite early and he sure is one of the founders of my humour ...
"Turn around Mrs Loth" and "The seasick whale" were the first books of him I read.
He died appearantly by heart attack - here a reminiscential by the Washington Post. ~*~

Arthur Miller died with the same dignity by which he had always lived, at his home in
Connecticut on February 10th, at the age of 89, and he will be greatly missed by all
who knew him or his work. A great writer, a staunch humanitarian, and vital human
being, his biggest legacy is his writing, and he has thankfully left us with a great wealth.
It will be the society's privilege to continue to promote and study this national treasure. ~*~

Sad news... :'-(

Hey Rube : Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk
                                   By Hunter S. Thompson

The Scottish "Mac" is a patronymic so I'm puzzled by MacBeth. In the case of royalty was an exception made for the heir to a queen or was (is) Beth also a men's name in Scotland?

ughaibu:
MacBeth actually means simply 'Son of Beth' ... ~*~ .

a few recommneded books I have read:
Lip Service-Kate Fillion
http://www.beatrice.com/interviews/fillion/

Shake Hands With The Devil-Roméo Dallaire
http://www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca/books-index-bkid-16.html

Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender-Ralph Nader

Any fans of Daniel Keys Moran here?

Armegeddon Blues...
Emerald Eyes....
The Long Run....
The Last Dancer....
Terminal Freedom....

???

Does anyone have the seventies editons of "Tania and "Gina"?
I loved those editions...

this is a public board. ... ~*~ .

A good read for any interested in Spiritual Healing - "The Magus of Strovolos"

The Global Network of Dreams is a nice site for people interested
in literature. The site comes with an authors search that is designed
in an uncommon way and appealing from the graphics and its function ... ~*~

The link in bold above shows an example output for searchword 'Poe' ... .

Starting with „A“ like A Perfect Circle and Atari Teenage Riot and going ‘til „Z“ like Zombie, Rob – in his reference book Chris Ingham (chief editor of UK’s Metal Hammer) confronts us with the most important representatives within the rock, metal and industrial sector.

Nirvana, Paradise Lost, Skinny Puppy, Deftones, Ramones, Type O Negative, Killing Joke, Slipknot, Ministry, Tool, The Cult, Misfits, Black Sabbath, Smashing Pumpkins – the author wanders through various styles und offers well investigated band infos and bios, always decorated with stylish photos. You really notice his long-standing experience as journalist as you’re not getting the usual standard gossip but exciting and interesting facts, as well as some criticism when necessary. Apart from loads of bands Ingham also shortly examines the diffent styles, from gothic rock ‘til new metal. All in all you’re offered a very good info pool on 256 pages, available for about 25 $ as paperback in European A4 size.

There had been so many discussions and descriptions in the media regarding the term “gothic rock”, but none of them really pointed out THE one and only (true) answer. And let’s nail it on the wall - none of them ever will. Neither in this book.

The reason is just obvious: Although the face of this style at first sight seems just simple, in reality there are far too many ingredients and sides in order to strap down handcuffs without compromises. Thompson approaches this phenomenon in a really exciting and entertaining manner, adorning his book with a remarkable amount of stories, details, facts, private dives and more, besides he integrates comments from several artists like Robert Smith, Ian Astbury, Nick Cave, Peter Murphy, Peter Hook and others. The book is a trip through many years. Punk, post punk, batcave and the initial flirt with the word “gothic”, the departure mood in those times, the role of the media, scandals, provocations, drug abuse, anti-mainstream creativity, the do-it-yourself mentality, the influence of the vampire creature and the effect by albums like Iggy’s „The Idiot“, Nico’s „Marble Index“ or the first releases by Joy Division, Siouxsie, Bauhaus, Cure and other bands coming up that time - all this Thompson tells about with loads of background knowledge. Further more he touches upon the changes within the music scene, the evolution of the bands including their ups and downs during their career (f.e. The Cult, The Cure), crises and split ups (f.e. Sisters versus The Mission), the standstill period of the gothic rock music and finally the reunion (gig) thing going on years later with bands like The Mission, Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cult. At last you can find a chronologically overview of important events, sessions and releases happening during the years. This book (423 pages by the way) is nutritious readers' food and can be recommended to everyone involved and interested in the dark scene.

ANTICHRIST: nice review and since it's not the philosophy board where a one
and only true answer is a bore 'per se' it merely be claimed here as existing ...
fyi an article in the music context I put in one of my FSs lately about GangstaRap ... ~*~

ANTICHRIST: Very weak, compared with "The Gothic Book", by Mick Mercer.

Andrea Dworkin, feminist activist and author who helped break the silence around
violence against women, died in her home on April 9 at the age of fifty-eight,
after an illness. Her impassioned words always informed, provoked and inspired ... ~*~

For our younger readers (and those young at heart) - an author recommended by Nirvana.

Beverly Cleary

densed-blood literature very well fitting for long winters ...

Here some resources for you ... ... ~*~ .

hemingway is great

by Willa Cather awesome read..

About the struggles of immigrants in the late 1800 in Nebraska.. Showing the power of a woman.. so good...

Red Inkworks offers many links to Historical Fiction ... ~*~

If anyone is a Harry Potter fan like me, I know the book isn't due out until Apirl but I thought I would check Kazaa anyway to see if it was there and wow, I got it. (I think it is it anyway but haven't read any of it)

Here is the epilogue
Weird how it is signed "HarryWriter.
Maybe someone wrote their own HP-6 ?

Epilogue

Wow, two books down! One more to go! I can’t believe I actually did it… wow. This Book Six is just ONE page shorter than Book Five was… ARG! Maybe I’ll fix that someday when I’m not swamped with other work, which will probably be… someday…. But, first, I must say that this book would not have been possible if I had not had the support from all of you fans out there, you know who you are. You kept me going. and finally made me produce this story. Thanks guys, thanks for you ideas, suggestions, everything. Thanks.
Now… please don’t hate me! I know I made Dumbledore the bad guy now, but please don’t hate me for it! Many fans were asking me if I would have an explanation for the “glitter of triumph” in his eye at the end of Book Four, and I didn’t buy any of those other theories that because Voldemort used certain blood in the potion, blah blah blah now he’s human, blah blah blah. Alas! Do not fear! Book Seven shall explain EVERYTHING, and bring all that has happened together. You’ll see what Dumbledore’s real deal is…
Also, I know that an incredible amount of people died in this book, both people that were close to Harry and the plot of the series and others who were always kind of just… there. This book was also (hopefully) a little scarier than the others, with the pyramid and stuff, and trust me, the Seventh One will just be even more terrifying….
Whoops, I’d better stop there before I give anything away! But, like last time, this book has changed an INCREDIBLE amount from start to finish. At the beginning, there was no card game, only one Item (the Ring), no missing Weasley sister, no Disguise Dance, and Dumbledore didn’t even turn evil at the end! Yeah… it was pretty bad the first time through. It took me forever to edit all that stuff in and make the story still flow. But, in the end, I think it turned out pretty okay.
Yet again, after reading this Book Six and the Fifth Book, you probably still have some unanswered questions. Why couldn’t they kill Harry? Why did Dumbledore want Harry’s parents dead? What IS Voldemort’s final backup plan? Fear not! All these and much… MUCH more shall be revealed in the Seventh and Final Book. But please, don’t forget, I am still in the planning phase for Book Seven, and I only have a basic plot and good ending written up for it that I think shall be almost exactly what J.K. Rowling is planning to have. Any extra things that you guys would like to see in it, or ideas you have that could make it better are very welcome. You can either e-mail me them, tell me in the forum, or tell me on AIM. See you online!

-HarryWriter

wayney: I guess it's from free fanfiction
writers who keep a storyline going like, for instance, at
http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/index.php ... ~*~

danoschek: do you mean you dont think it is the real story?
If you would like me to email you a copy for your perusal, I will. my email is on my profile
Just email me a request and I will send by return.
It is approx 1mb

wayney: as it is written, I guessed. Means I do not know you sure may feel
free to investigate further on perhaps even on the traces I share - a quicksearch for
HarryWriter@mugglenet was not successful although a fastbot-match pointed there.
It might have been also somebody teasing around on one of the numerous Potter Forums

http://www.cosforums.com/archive/index.php/f-80.html
http://harrypotterrumors.net/submissions2.html
http://parentingteens.about.com/od/harrypotter/a/harryrumor_6i.htm ... ~*~

Two hundred years ago Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), the famous poet
and dramatist, died on May 9th leaving behind a legacy of writing
that still influences German culture today ... ... ~*~

Tuesday:
I think you should be very sober whenever you read Hemingway, because he isn´t a sort of dreamer. He writes simple sentences, he writes like a journalist, not as a poet. He shows the truth of life, not fairy tales. He is by no means a poet. But he knows very well, what he is talking about. For example: The Old man and the Sea. There isn´t not even one sentence false or fiction. It is the world of an old fisherman, whos fishing has not been lucky the last time, and now his catch is too big for him and costs his own life. By reading you can imagine every minute of his fight against the ocean, against bad luck, against weakness of his old age. And you will learn what is means, high-sea-fishing and fishing for a living.
And read some of his other big novels. Hemingway is the writer for the "lost generation", he is realistic and sees the world not through "pink glasses". He does not use euphemistic words, just shows the world and life and is it.
And if you think of writing yourself, you can learn by Hemingway to use short sentences, simple words, but full of meaning and truth. What he is able to tell in just one short sentence, others will need to write a whole book.

I've recently become a 'break all the rules' kinda writer (with basic laws of english intact, of course)

gekrompen hoofd: the better you know the rules the better your brokerage ... ;)
like norman mailer's 'why are we in vietnam' which seems often to burst frame lingo
and contains many short eruptions that remind a lot of henry miller actually ... ~*~

danoschek: Got a couple good short Sci-Fi stories that seem to 'play' by the rules -- The latest is a bit of a stretch from that -- But remember, you haven't heard any of this

... in 'The Times' (UK) today:

Hardback Fiction:
1/ The Opal Deception - Eoin Coifer
2/ The Closers - Michael Connelly
3/ A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
4/ 4th of July - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
5/ The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith

Paperback Fiction:
1/ The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
2/ Trace - Patricia Cornwell
3/ Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
4/ The Wedding Day - Catherine Aliott
5/ Past Mortem - Ben Elton

Tuesday: I am just getting back over here.. I had forgotten that I made the comment that I had.. I usually don't post her.. but, may have to start stopping in more often.. ;)

For your kids and the kid in you.....

C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe will be release in theaters Dec. 9th. I read the book as a child and loved it! My son is now reading it and we will be ready to see the movie when it is released!

That is one of my favorites from childhood too! I read the whole series.

Eriisa: I missed out on those books somehow. I must correct that in the near future. It's not surprising though - I didn't read Lord of the Rings until I was about 30.

bumble: Please don´t forget: These are ONLY "bestsellers", not guaranteed "GOOD" books.