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Post by steelsheen on Oct 27, 2005 19:02:14 GMT -5
True- depends on what you want to read- Tolkien, I believe, had a more complex story- it truly was not written for kids, whereas Lewis's was for any and all! They were the first 'big' books I read... sigh. Nostalgia....
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Post by Geberia on Dec 18, 2005 17:37:46 GMT -5
LOL, I remember the days of the Berenstien Bears. And then it was the Boxcar Children....
ahh, youth!
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Dec 18, 2005 18:59:41 GMT -5
lol that was the order I went in too GEB!!!!
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Post by gynovia on Dec 18, 2005 19:39:06 GMT -5
then we moved on to nancy drew and the hardy boys (ahhhhhh!)  LOL wow, back in the day...... |
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Post by steelsheen on Dec 19, 2005 19:50:54 GMT -5
Hardy boys rule!!!! Well- some of the stories were lame, and they would be vegetables, but still... oooh, boxcar children, I LOVED those!!!
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Post by falklands on Dec 19, 2005 20:10:18 GMT -5
LOL I've read all those too (well not every book but a lot of them - it's been so long that I can't be bothered to finish 'em off)
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Dec 19, 2005 22:48:33 GMT -5
GO HARDY BOYS!!!!!!!!!!! I like a couple of the Nancy Drew books, but not a lot, but i guess that's just cause i'm a guy  |
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Post by falklands on Dec 21, 2005 23:57:00 GMT -5
You remember, of course, that both series are written by the same author - I think.
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Dec 22, 2005 0:45:14 GMT -5
yeah, but i'm sexist........lol jk jk jk jk
idk y i didn't like Nancy Drew as much, but I definitely loved the ones where it was both Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys
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Post by falklands on Dec 22, 2005 10:28:15 GMT -5
I've never heard of that combination. Interesting.
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Post by steelsheen on Dec 22, 2005 11:07:52 GMT -5
Yep- but no, the series were NOT written by the same person- perhaps the same PEOPLE. They were written by teams of ghost authors. Carolyn Keene was a pseudonym, and she sold the rights after book eleven. Franklin W. Dixon was also a pseudonym, but he started with a businessman who had good ideas and no time to write, so he hired others to write for him.
And I am sure no one wants to read the whole history of the hardy boys. Suffice it to say, after reading eighty percent of ALL Hadry boys, I can tell where one author begins and ends. Fun!
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Post by falklands on Dec 22, 2005 11:20:50 GMT -5
I see.
Aren't we supposed to be talking about Tolkien? ;D
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Post by gynovia on Dec 22, 2005 13:56:49 GMT -5
ah, bunny trails! ;D
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Post by steelsheen on Dec 23, 2005 8:31:34 GMT -5
Sorry!
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Post by Geberia on Dec 23, 2005 8:34:20 GMT -5
Nothings wrong with the Hardy Boys! Maybe we should start another thread entitled Book i Used to Read as a Kid...wait, I still do!
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LOL wow, back in the day......