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![]() OK, as a military/political thriller, it's pretty exciting, if a bit drawn out in the same way the early Tom Clancy thrillers are. Dang, it's racist as all get out though. Though in an equal opportunity way, insulting or condescending to pretty much any non-white protestant ethnic or religious group across the board.
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The first time I read Fellowship of the Rings, I didn't realize that the trilogy was intended by the author to be one book, and that the publisher made him break them up. I was really frustrated at the end of FOTR--all that traveling and not getting anywhere and then the book just ends. I think I would have felt the same way if I had seen the movies in the theatre and had to wait a year or longer for the next "part". Anyway, after griping about my disenchantment with this most beloved trilogy, some friends kindly filled in my knowledge gap. Still, it took me a while to want to devote this much time to the series. At the time I was only reading/listening about an hour a day on weekdays and not much time on weekends. Now that I spend a lot more time reading or listening to books, tacking LOTR doesn't seem like a chore.
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![]() Ah.
I read them as one book, as we have the set at home (my son borrowed them, but I don't think he's read them yet).
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![]() Enjoyed this book. The professor is a brilliant Mathematician obsessed with Math. There were lots of Math references/trivia/problems. Fun read for Math nerds.
![]() The book is mainly about the friendship that developed between the professor and the housekeeper and her son. I read elsewhere that the professor probably was based on the Hungarian Mathematician, Paul Erdos.
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