[Child of the 7th Age]

Sirithheruwen -

Oh, no! That's the one thing I hope will not happen: to have a few people dominate who are the 'regulars' posting in Books. My hope, as I tried to explain in my edit to my last post, is that this should be a wider base of posters, even some folk who don't normally contribute as much to the Books forum.

It seems to me that in a discussion of this type, our personal and immediate response to the text is just as important as any 'scholarly' discussion that draws on outside ideas, other writings etc. What can be most intriguing is learning how other folk see things in their mind, how they feel when they see the characters going through particular situations.

So please, please don't sit back and lurk. Stick your toe in the water, and let people know what the book means to you. In a discussion like this, both approaches --the personal and the so-called scholarly--are equally valid as long as we stay on topic. This is the same thing that Fordim was getting at in one of his earlier posts.

~Child