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matrixrefugeeAs reported via the forum on Jim Butcher's website...
I grew up reading the Chronicle of Prydain, though I didn't read the last book, "The High King" until I was in college (our town's library only had one copy of it and someone snitched it; took them until then to replace it for some wierd reason). I'm not sure who inspired me more, him or Tolkien: it's a pretty close match. He'll be missed, but he had a good, long life in which he got to share his stories with millions and inspired them to forge out into realms hithertofore unknown.
In other news: I had to run out and buy some Alavert at Wal-Mart yesterday since I was completely out. I was looking at the software for Lord of the Rings Online, but I didn't buy it: my comp doesn't have the right graphics card for it, plus I don't think I could bring anything new to that universe. I've got an almost sacramental reverence for Middle Earth and much as part of me would like to muck around in it, I'd feel funny twiddling with the work of a master. That and I'd hate to meet the sheer number of fanbrat players running around playing Elves and claiming said charrie is Legolas's/Elrond's/:: Insert Elf::'s ladyfriend. But there again, my old friend "Dragon-Guy" is playing LOTRO, so perhaps he's knocked a few down to size by now.
I grew up reading the Chronicle of Prydain, though I didn't read the last book, "The High King" until I was in college (our town's library only had one copy of it and someone snitched it; took them until then to replace it for some wierd reason). I'm not sure who inspired me more, him or Tolkien: it's a pretty close match. He'll be missed, but he had a good, long life in which he got to share his stories with millions and inspired them to forge out into realms hithertofore unknown.
In other news: I had to run out and buy some Alavert at Wal-Mart yesterday since I was completely out. I was looking at the software for Lord of the Rings Online, but I didn't buy it: my comp doesn't have the right graphics card for it, plus I don't think I could bring anything new to that universe. I've got an almost sacramental reverence for Middle Earth and much as part of me would like to muck around in it, I'd feel funny twiddling with the work of a master. That and I'd hate to meet the sheer number of fanbrat players running around playing Elves and claiming said charrie is Legolas's/Elrond's/:: Insert Elf::'s ladyfriend. But there again, my old friend "Dragon-Guy" is playing LOTRO, so perhaps he's knocked a few down to size by now.