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I'd be interested in your thoughts about the 1E (unrevised) Deities & Demigods adaptation of the Nehwon mythos, Wooly.

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Better move on it; this book grows increasingly more difficult (and expensive) to obtain all the time.

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I'd keep an eye out on nobleknight.com, especially since copies of various degrees of condition, often pop up at varying prices. If you aren't too fussed about the condition of the book, it could be an option of those desperate to get their hands on a copy.

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I'd keep an eye out on nobleknight.com, especially since copies of various degrees of condition, often pop up at varying prices. If you aren't too fussed about the condition of the book, it could be an option of those desperate to get their hands on a copy.

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My copy was in very good condition, considering its age. I'm unlikely to find a copy in the same shape for any price I'd consider reasonable.

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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart

Okay, I always mess up the meaning of contemporary in discussions. When I hear it, I think "of the modern age" and not "of the same time". But Tolkien's peers when he wrote Lord of the Rings are still read and bought today: C.S. Lewis, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Charles Williams are prime examples of this and others (such as H.G. Wells, L. Frank Baum, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.M. Barrie, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and A.A. Milne) were ahead of Tolkien by only a decade or so and have lasted just as long.

I do agree that the "general populace" knows these authors and their characters more by the movies and such based on the original stories, but as long as the story is told, then there will be those that seek out the original books.

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Originally posted by Dennis


Classical fantasy is a combination of two subgenres: high fantasy and sword and sorcery. It is preponderated by its medievalist form, which traced back to Tolkien's works.

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Ah. I would say that there's a little more to it than the medieval stasis it seems to frequently find itself in, but Thank you for answering.

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I used to have this weird habit [back in high school] of putting multiple bookmarks. I marked those scenes I found interesting, annoying, provocative, and out-of-this-world crazy. When I finish a book, I usually ended up placing twenty or more bookmarks. 'Twas very helpful when I wrote reviews.

Now I only use one, and sometimes, if I can finish a book in one sitting, none at all.

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I used to have this weird habit [back in high school] of putting multiple bookmarks. I marked those scenes I found interesting, annoying, provocative, and out-of-this-world crazy. When I finish a book, I usually ended up placing twenty or more bookmarks. 'Twas very helpful when I wrote reviews.

Now I only use one, and sometimes, if I can finish a book in one sitting, none at all.

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Never used bookmarks. Just always remembered which page I was on.

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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

I could remember page numbers, but it's easier to be able to open directly to the page.

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Originally posted by Therise

I read books mostly on computer or my iPhone, so people often think I'm texting.

That doesn't seem all that weird, I guess.

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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

I have a stack of bookmarks that I rotate thru... I mostly use lami (idol cards, little laminated cards with anime art on them) when reading novels, shitajiki (pencil boards, plastic sheets with anime art) for game material, and for my manga, I use as a bookmark a piece from the big light-up menu from the Pizza Hut I used to work at.

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Sock? I hope it's yours.

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I sometimes run out of bookmarks, but I haven't tried a sock---ever.

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Originally posted by BlackAce

I've never been able to read multiple fiction books simultaniously. I can switch between a novel and a history book for example but hate trying to read two stories at the same time. I tried reading Sharpe's Sword at the same time as Guards Guards! It was no good, I had to put one aside while I finished the other.

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I have a stack of bookmarks that I rotate thru... I mostly use lami (idol cards, little laminated cards with anime art on them) when reading novels, shitajiki (pencil boards, plastic sheets with anime art) for game material, and for my manga, I use as a bookmark a piece from the big light-up menu from the Pizza Hut I used to work at.

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I use doubles of cards from all the various collectible-card-games/trading-cards I've purchased over the years. They stretch all the way back to the first Transformers trading cards back in the late 80's and come up through to the latest edition of Magic: The Gathering.

If I don't have any cards on hand to use as bookmarks, it's either whatever else is around and applicable. Strips of paper, handkerchief, napkin, pen, pencil, magazine, another book!, a sock,... you get the idea.

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