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Need to look up timetables for when buses and trains leave, but I can arrive whenever. Say quarter to one? I'll bring a big sign like Cassie did last time.

... my transcription of the second line on the caps (the first full line):

Valinorean mode -- Ndthindngfvldwss wincldndcf ndfengnd

Mode of Beleriand -- Dthdgfnlhoss oshlhdcf dfgd

Dutch mode -- Dsiddjfrljss jzjildtjf dfedjd

Cat-on-the-keyboard mode -- Wedontunder standawo rdofth

I'm going to concur with the "random" idea, here. Unless the Dutch are inordinately fond of dsiddjfrljss.

(Other evidence is the presence of a double esse halfway down the page. Esse is already used for 'ss' wherever it appears, which means that word would begin 'ssss'.)

hS

that I can't stand fashion. I am immune from Twilight disease.

You mean... the LotR craze is ending? The Pit might be safe to tread again (at least until The Hobbit is out)?

And don't worry about rambling. Rambling is fun.

The bi-lingual message at the start of all their vids on YouTube looked to be in German and English. My bad.

Now I just need to get it running. Stupid out of date public computer.

For a reason(s) I'm extremely curious to find out, the German band Within Temptation has a book with some Tengwar in it make an appearance in the vid for their song Stand My Ground. If you're interested, I have the caps up in my LJ.

Okay, it's going to cost me quite a bit, but I was going to make an order from Amazon.com soon anyway...

:D!

I liked the longer format. I also like FicPsych's interactions with all the canons.

By going to the Main Page and clicking the 'add image' link in the sidebar, on the right, directly under the menus and above the 'random page' link. This will take you to a screen which will invite you to browse your hard-drive for the file you like. Then you can either give it a new filename for the Wiki or not, as you like, and give a description for it. And then click 'upload file' and you're all done!

Laburnum, what time's your train due? Since I'll be coming by car, might as well try to time things so the earliest person to get there coincides with me.

There is only so much stabbing the Holy and Most Beloved Canon can take before you need a break!
Sorry I can't help with a fic, whenever I've had enough sci-fi sporking I go and stab Harry Potter fics.

Amen!

J.K. Rowling: Awesome.
J.R.R. Tolkien: Awesome.
Stephenie Meyer: Bollocks.
William Shakespeare: Awesome.

Sadly I can't come. Things have happened and plans have had to be changed.

(I'm gonna post it for download after the Gathering anyway, I just thought it'd be nice to bring CD copies for the people who come along.)

Apparently it IS out, and you can order it online. This is the webpage: http://www.opland-freeman.com/menolly.htm

Excuse me while I go squee and find someone with a credit card. ^_^

~Neshomeh

I'd already written the scene, though.

~Neshomeh

I can't find it anywhere - not even a link on Amazon.com - and it's practically impossible to get hold of. I had to beg the mp3s of the last one from a friend whom I've now lost touch with.

That he'd got his sledgehammer from a Sue who entered the Reality Room?

When you put it like that, I'm glad you didn't do it. I can still enjoy my mental images, though. :)

There must be some unrationalisable situations...

Ironic Over-Power willing!

I've read all four, and they all have their merits, some of which are long-lasting, some of which are very brief. I don't really like Shakespeare despite all the praise he gets - it's more that his stories are now culturally ingrained and you can't really avoid them. I don't dislike them, either, but I'm not interested.

Harry Potter, I think, is the same - only in this case I like it ;) That story has been so big over the last ten years that it's ingrained part of itself in daily life; you can mention Harry, or Shakespeare, in random conversation and be reasonably sure the other person will have at least some idea of what you're talking about.

Tolkien, it seems to me, was like that five years ago, but now it's fading along with the movie hype. I like Tolkien, and always will, but not with the obsessive nature that seems to be characteristic of...

Twilight. It's a fashion - a rather big fashion - and hey, I'd rather see teenage girls squeal over books than whinging about whatever miseries are in their angsty lives. I don't dislike Twilight, either, and I read all four books, but it doesn't... it's not the same.

I've rambled a lot, sorry, but that's my point: These stories are so different that they can't be compared. They're written at different times by different people for different audiences and in different ways. The only method of comparison is sheer popularity, and that's ever-changing.

Gives publishers something to talk about, though. *shrug*