X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,6a02530e3f68dedd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-11 14:15:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!diablo.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "Sam Blanning" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episodes 209-216 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:23:00 -0000 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-1833.aardvark.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk 1015884844 29207 217.134.7.41 (11 Mar 2002 22:14:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Mar 2002 22:14:04 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:15515 "Joaquim G�ndara" wrote in message news:a6j6pj$ek4bb$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > And no, I haven't read Lord of the Rings. The first book kind of bored me. It's not the actual > length of it, I've read longer books or series of books, I think it just didn't grip me. I didn't > find it interesting enough. Don't get me wrong though, I did think it was good, just not very > immersive. It does start slowly. The first time I read it, I gave up around that bit as well. Try again. It took me three goes to get all the way through while fully understanding what was going on.