early reading influence thread

Yes, Faldage! I've been wanting to bring that thread back up with the revised list I promised maverick, and to let the new folks have a crack a it. I consider it an AWAD Classic (for as long as I've been here, anyway). But mav hasn't been around to moderate (fair to say we needed his "alphatist's" guidance on this one), so I'll wait till he returns. However, in the meantime, here's the page to "Fire your own canon, but..." There's also plenty discussion of The Lord of the Rings there, as I recall, so it's a pretty timely read just for that:

http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=32084

And welcome, Marian63! I'm sure you'll enjoy the ride!