The Hall of Fire

Yes, Ellis - see above

Just picked up the first one (Crocodile on the Sandbank) but I'm saving it for reading on the plane - in about 3 weeks. I read the Cadfael series years ago and enjoyed them immensely. Also her books written as Edith Pargeter. My favourite was The Horn of Roland - I can't tell you why it was my favou...

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and... on a wild boar? Srsly?

Maybe I should just remain in blissful ignorance and avoid this thread until the movie comes out...

I haven't been following this thread, so excuse me if I'm the last to know...

Does that mean that Gandalf is going to rescue Dain from Dol Guldur like in the book? (admittedly, several decades earlier)

I didn't even know that Dain was going to be in the move until now.

Ah - perfect for transatlantic flights, then.

How thick is the first book? I'm wondering if it would be a good choice to read on the plane...

All the glowing recommendations in the other thread have got me wanting to read this series!

If this is going to develop into a debate, please confine it to short sentences.

And only put one sentence on a line.

At least, until we get onto the next page.

Either that, or reduce the width of those pictures

Here's a great animation of the Crab Canon from Bach's Musical Offering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHQ2ybTejU In case you're wondering, a canon is a musical piece of two or more voices, where each subsequent voice sings the same tune as the first voice, but later. A popular example is "Ro...

From what I understand, he only committed himself to "action"; I hope that action is limited to sanctions and trade embargos.* He could still avoid military action and still save face.

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*embargoes?

I am with you all and hoping and praying that America doesn't decide to intervene militarily. :neutral: It's supremely hypocritical of the United States to attack Syria on "humanitarian grounds", since until recently they outsourced their torture there. Please explain. Well, for example, ...

It's supremely hypocritical of the United States to attack Syria on "humanitarian grounds", since until recently they outsourced their torture there.

C'mon, don't diss Wil ("One-El") Wheaton! Not dissing him at all. In fact, I heard that he's slated to play me in the upcoming "The Quest for Idempotency". But now that I know that he spells his name with one "el", I think I'll just tell him "thanks, but no thanks...

Kyle Baker (@KyleJBaker) tweeted THEY'RE MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE STORY OF A BILLIONAIRE WHO DRESSES AS A BAT TO FIGHT EVIL CLOWNS! THEY'RE RUINING IT! (https://twitter.com/KyleJBaker/status/370751993414815744 And Will Wheaton, famous for playing Will Wheaton in The Big Bang Theory, tweeted: Really ...

Sounds like I'm the lucky guy for not having seen it...

Are those rock growths like stalagmites? Did this area use to be a cave?

My summary of the new Superman movie:

20 minutes of really good storytelling surrounded by a couple of hours of mindless crap.

Stretching the definition of "character", can I also say that I find the author of the "Eragon" series excessively annoying? It was a half-decent story, but it was told so badly, I gave up on it part-way through the third book. And I'll almost never stop a book half-way through, ...

This might get me in trouble, but I found Legolas annoying.

"Farewell! I go to fetch the sun!" indeed. Meanwhile, Aragorn and Boromir are doing all of the actual work...