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[siercia]

Here I sit at Allegiance Telecom, waiting for the Grammy Awards to be over. This is because one of our customers is the exclusive photo agency of the awards, and they'll make a lot of money selling their pictures tonight, and the last time they had a big event, our co-location facility mucked with their network, and brought our customer down for two hours, causing them much lost revenue. And even though it wasn't our fault, this time they wanted someone here baby-sitting the server. So, in exchange for getting tomorrow off, here I sit, slowly going deaf, slowly freezing, and sitting in a rather uncomfortable chair.

I just finished The Fellowship of the Ring, and I am enchanted and entranced by it. It is simply beautiful, and magical and fun. I don't understand the folks that have whined about it's being long and boring (and Tolkien's loooong descriptions of days of walking). After all, it is a novel of a quest... and quests often require days of travel... and they should be described. Ah well, to each their own. Now I face a hard choice of starting the next book, or working on my stitching project.

I was wondering, as I was reading the final chapter, if Miss Shani's Matt has read the books... because they are clearly her favorite books ever, and I couldn't help but think that one's SO should read their partner's favorite book, and see their favorite movie. Not necessarily because they need to enjoy the same things, but because it allows a window into their partner's mind and heart. But Mr. Matt is not a voracious reader, and so I could easily see that he might never have read them. BUT all this thinking led me to another thought... namely that I don't know what Wiley's favorite book is, and so, have probably not read it myself. So, I think I know what I'll be asking him tonight when I see him.

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[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

He says he's read them, he knows the story and the characters at least, and I'm actually fairly sure he's read the Silmarillion too. Back in the day he was all into various theologies.
The copies he has now are the precursor to my original copies, I had the 50th anniversary, and I think he has a set released in the 70s, in box format. Anyway, they appear unread, but it may just be because the spines aren't broken and they are compressed from being in their box for ages.

I, however, am dragging my feet on reading one of his favorite series, but I did read Tale of the Rose, (Umberto Eco) which he says is his favorite book. I really enjoyed it, it overlaps with one of my pet mini-genres, historical setting based mystery.

Hmmm

[imagine77.livejournal.com]

Now I want to know what Wiley's favorite book is too. And it occurs to me I dont know Damian's, even though I am certain he knows mine. I know his favorite comic book...and his favorite anime which is, sadly, probably more important.

Re: Hmmm

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

What's yours?

Re: Hmmm

[imagine77.livejournal.com]

I have to go with The Talisman by stephen king and peter straub