dyslexic finger actions *wonders what they are*

they are similar to anorexic intellectual appetites.

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A picture is worth a thousand words. A chocolate is worth a thousand pictures.

Hi! I'm new here, having only recently discovered Fforde's wonderful books, and part of the reason I enjoy them is because I have loved to read almost all of my life. In accordance with the topic of this thread:

The books I have re-read most often are Tolkien's works, with the 'Lord of the Rings' as my absolute favourite and the 'Hobbit' and a number of his shorter works close behind. I read them both for the sheer pleasure of the language (that seems to be a connection to Fforde's books) and for research, as I've done some lecturing and writing on various topics concerning them.

Let me add myself to the list of Georgette Heyer fans - I love the brilliant dialogue and great characterizations in her books and come back to them to meet old friends.

P G Wodehouse is another author I enjoy re-reading, though I haven't collected his books yet, and since I live in Germany, the local library doesn't carry them.

My favourite humorous historical murder mysteries are the Falco books, written by Lindsey Davis - very enjoyable!

As a fan of nonsense literature and poetry, I of course come back to Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' books often.

Of Jane Austen's works, I have re-read Pride and Prejudice most frequently.

A book that I loved in my teens and still come back to re-read occasionally is Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'.

I did re-read the Harry Potter books after finishing the last one, to get the whole context again, and I used to re-read the Narnia books more often, though I now come back only to refresh my memory when I've seen one of the movies, for example.

Now Fforde's books will take a prominent place in my list of re-readables; I'm finishing 'The Fourth Bear' after having read all of the Thursday Next books and TBOE within a couple of weeks. Then I'll go back and re-read to get the details & connections and catch the allusions I missed the first time around. Brilliant stuff!


*As another "temporally enhanced" member (gotta love that expression!) I can't help but wonder - is that bottle of port still open? ;)

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Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless? (JRRT)

Welcome Estelyn! I am afraid that even if that bottle of port was open it would be undrinkable by now. Never fear, there will be another along soon. In the meantime, try some pie.

Howdy, Estelyn!

Welcome to the Fforum. There's a special on animal puns this month so beware, and be careful of unclaimed chocolate as it may well be a trap laid by ex-Fforumites.

Egon.

Welcome! I believe there may be some of the Sweet and savoury pies left somewhere. One of the others has clearly marked them distinctly with a pastry S on top, for ease of identification.

A week ago, some chocolate turned out to be carob- so keep an eye open at all times as it can get aggressive.

Welcome.
I choose to think of myself as the token sane-person around here. Glad to see someone has directed you to the pies. The Banana Creme is particularly good.

Thanks for the friendly welcome! It is a bit intimidating to find that many posts on the books I just finished reading are several years old, so I will relax and have some of that pie before I jump in and write my thoughts. Mmmmm, pie! :)

Look out for the fairy cakes in the fridge. They're especially nice on days with a 'y' in them.

I have read the harry potter books over and over again!
I love Jane Austen, particularly pride and prejudice so i have read it countless times!

I like Meg Cabot's books and although it might sound weird, i am a teenager and i could read them for days on end! especially the mediator series!!

Christopher Pallini's (i think i spelt his last name wrong but you get the pic!) books, eragon, etc as well as christopher d'lacy's books (again to do with dragons)

Obviously Fforde's books and they are the best!!!!

There was some battenburg around here somewhere as well if you need a marxipan fix.

Really? I thought the battenburg was finished after the Great Carob Incident? Or were those the Rhubarb and Custard Doughnuts?

For my part I re-read Sherlock Holmes, David Eddings, Jules Verne and of course Jasper Fforde and will continue so to do.

E.



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I went though a phase of rereading everything that I had, especially David Edding waiting for him to finish the Belegariad!

Now I struggle to read anyhting once, let alone twice. I can't remember how many time I reread LOTR, and my copy definitely shows that. I just reread The Colour of Magic, and came away sorely disappointed, so I'm not to sure about revisiting Pterry.

well, before everyone else leaps in and says it
... Colour of Magic, and the Light Fantastic, aren't really discworld books anymore. They were more parodies, whereas the discworld has become a much MUCH more interesting place in it's own right.

Try Small Gods.

Dispute alert:

COM & LF are not parodies - they are the early renditions of the story arena. Try to think of them as the literary equivalent of hand tuning a tV on analogue VHF. It's a bit of hit and miss and hiss and you can't quite get perfect reception so the storyline of the program is a bit muddied and you have other transmissions creeping in. When you get the frequency set and locked it all becomes a bit clearer.

As an aside - would you deride early WA Mozart music as it was not as good as later craetions? Are they parodies?

As for re-reading: I'm currently organising a re-read of all my Uncle Scrooge comics. It is a necessary counterbalance to Philosophy club meetings wherein such subjects as 'what are the conditions necessary to have nothing'? are discussed, even meaningfully so that you come away with some idea of what was discussed.

McDuck world seems too make more sense.

Good point. That's a better way of putting it.

What I meant, was that they were more parodies of the fantasy genre in general, as the Discworld was still very nebulous and theoretical. As the series has progressed, it's a much more detailed world- the places and characters have become more detailed, and in my opinion, at least, stronger. I'm not saying they are rubbish, just not as easy to fall into as the later books.

To use Bunyip's musical matchsticks (don't worry, we can have a comic book flame war in the other thread <wink>) it's kind of like using the first note to judge the quality of the symphony. That first note simply doesn't contain enough information.


Oh, and The Truth is another good 'first' book to try. Or Going Postal.

So what do we consider the first 'good' book of Discworld to be? I say 'Sourcery' since many of the classic elements come into play in that volume. Also, it has towers. You can never have too many towers.

PLEASE just for me. Much as I love PTerry and all his works, don't we have enough threads where we all say which is the best one to start with?

Does LeonardDQ still love towers after his marathon build?

Understood. Has anyone played Carcassonne?

Sorry. I keep doing that. In real life too- I keep waving books in faces and saying "Read it! Read it!"