Jennka

 

 

Oh, Lily, yes! Her shots were precious, she´s extremely photogenic and talented - sheer sexiness in SI

 

I really liked Marloes and Bregje, though I can understand that general public can perceive them as weird and "too much". But I totaly loved most of them

 

I would definitely like to see Emily R. back (with better shoots and especially less make up), Gigi Hagid, Nina Agdal, Lauren Mellor.

 

Wouldn´t mind Sara Sampaio, Jessica Gomez, Emily D, Genevie and Natasha.

 

Edita V and Dioni Tabbers still reamain in my dream.

 

I love them as models I really do! Marloes and Brejge have always been among my favs, but something about the SI shoot with them didnt work for me, and it isn't really there fault. I say bring them back and try some different locals, makeup, etc.

Nina I expect her back no problem, possibly moving to cover status next year? She is getting quite big and popular in social media and among "men" lists

Editas body >>>>>>>>>>life

 

 

 Maybe you did watch it whole - but the scene where the Red Bull is chasing the unicorn is the most impressive for a child - I can easily imagine how only this one could stick in your mind. I can remember how much it terrified me when I was little.

 

 

Yes, I did not even know there was a book   I saw the movie first, fell in love with it - and later discovered there was actually a book first, so I was like - I NEED to have that one. So I started to search for it, and I searched for it for one year and could not get it (it was long time ago and I wasn´t so experienced with web) - and they even did not purchase it in Slovakia or Czech Republic - and when I complained to my father, he prepared a great surprise for me. Under the Christmas tree, there it was, the first and foremost book of my life   He managed to have his friend in NY bought it for him and sent to Slovakia, it was the original English version and I have to say, NO Christmas present has ever been better than this one. I have it deeply memorized in my brain and everytime I think of it, it fills me with nostalgia and joy 

That could have been too. I remember I was very little, so it's possible that I watched it complete and only remember that part. It's indeed an impressive scene.

Oh, that's a nice story! Books are always great gifts. How old were you when you read it?

We can (again and every time you feel like it) talk about The LOTR   I can understand you passion - plus, talking about great books is quite a pleasure! Do you have any best-favourite charas from the book? How do you perceive the film version?

 

 

 

I just love those books! And others by Tolkien too, specially The Silmarillion; I even wrote a whole album inspired by The Silmarillion

Good question about any favorite characters. I've never given much thought to that, but I would say Gandalf and Aragorn could be some of my favorites, probably for the wisdom the represent (though in different ways) and all the story that's behind them. I liked the Hobbits too, specially Merry and Pippin, for the simplicity and joyfulness they represent.

There's a poem in The Fellowship of Ring about Aragorn and his destiny that I find wonderful:

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

And about the films. I liked them a lot! Of course, the books are much better, but Peter Jackson managed to do a brilliant adaptation in my opinion, even with all the changes he introduced. Yes, there's some thing that are not in the films that should have been (Tom Bombadil immediately comes to mind), but in general terms it's a great work and does good justice to the books. What's more important, it gets the general atmosphere of the books.

 

 

 Oy, !el Espaňol Creo que va bien - sólo necesito leer más, estudiar más, (todavía estoy leyendo el Harry Potter libro - Harry Potter y el Cáliz de Fuego, y con muchas otras activitades se pone más y más difícil concentrarse a este libro) - lo mismo se aplique al idioma ruso   he terminado mi primero curso y me prometí que cada tiempo libre voy a estudiar poco de poco. Hace hoy he leído solo algunas páginas del libro ruso que estoy leyendo por un !!aňo!!

 

 

!Soy tan perezoso! PERO con todas las actividades que se concentraban sobre nuestra casa futura, puedo decir que no es solo mi pereza 

 

 

¡Qué bueno ver que a pesar del poco tiempo sigas estudiando otros idiomas! ¿En qué parte del libro de Harry Potter vas? Recuerdo que ese fue uno de los libros que más me gustó de la serie. Ojalá pronto tengas más tiempo para dedicarte a esos idiomas

¿Nueva casa? Parecen muy buenas noticias entonces, ¡felicitaciones! Definitivamente no es por pereza entonces si hay preocupaciones así de importantes

Editas body >>>>>>>>>>life

 

Agreed!!!   

I love them as models I really do! Marloes and Brejge have always been among my favs, but something about the SI shoot with them didnt work for me, and it isn't really there fault. I say bring them back and try some different locals, makeup, etc.

 

Nina I expect her back no problem, possibly moving to cover status next year? She is getting quite big and popular in social media and among "men" lists

 

Editas body >>>>>>>>>>life

Ooooh Edita the goddess!

And definitely yes for another makeup!! but more than those actually printed pics, I loved these ones:

Do you think that Nina will get the cover? Won´t they give it - traditionally - to Kate Upton?

That could have been too. I remember I was very little, so it's possible that I watched it complete and only remember that part. It's indeed an impressive scene.

 

Oh, that's a nice story! Books are always great gifts. How old were you when you read it?

For me, book is the best gift one can ever give. Hard to remember when it actually happened - I think I was already at high school. 15, maybe? Really don´t know I´ve always been very passionate about books, reading since I was like 5 years old or so (Ninja Turtles comicses will always have a special place in my heart ) and through fantasy and sci-fi books I finally arrived to pure science books and science-popularizing books which now give me the same pleasure and sense of wonder that once did the likes of Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Peter S.Beagle, Tolkien and others.

Now it´s Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Robert Trivers, Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin... and I´m only at the beginning

I just love those books! And others by Tolkien too, specially The Silmarillion; I even wrote a whole album inspired by The Silmarillion

Good question about any favorite characters. I've never given much thought to that, but I would say Gandalf and Aragorn could be some of my favorites, probably for the wisdom the represent (though in different ways) and all the story that's behind them. I liked the Hobbits too, specially Merry and Pippin, for the simplicity and joyfulness they represent.

 

There's a poem in The Fellowship of Ring about Aragorn and his destiny that I find wonderful:

 

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

 

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

 

And about the films. I liked them a lot! Of course, the books are much better, but Peter Jackson managed to do a brilliant adaptation in my opinion, even with all the changes he introduced. Yes, there's some thing that are not in the films that should have been (Tom Bombadil immediately comes to mind), but in general terms it's a great work and does good justice to the books. What's more important, it gets the general atmosphere of the books.

The poem is beautiful

I think you pin-pointed the two strongest characters in the book - Gandals and Aragorn. There is something epic about them, isn´t it?

I have to agree with you on the film description - Peter Jackson really managed to take the best out of the books and more importantly, the general atmsphere of the book - visual part of the movies was genial. He depicted the Middle Earth and the whole Tolkien world in such amazing way that I doubt there is a person who would not be moved by it.

¡Qué bueno ver que a pesar del poco tiempo sigas estudiando otros idiomas! ¿En qué parte del libro de Harry Potter vas? Recuerdo que ese fue uno de los libros que más me gustó de la serie. Ojalá pronto tengas más tiempo para dedicarte a esos idiomas

 

¿Nueva casa? Parecen muy buenas noticias entonces, ¡felicitaciones! Definitivamente no es por pereza entonces si hay preocupaciones así de importantes

Ahora estoy en el parte del libro menos símpatico para mí - la parte en que Ron y Harry no hablan juntos porque Harry fue elegido a participar en el Torneo de Tres Magos y Ron no le creí que no fue Harry que inserté su nombre en el cáliz.

Está un parte muy triste - nunca me he gustado cuando los dos eran peleado.

?Porqué te gusta este libro más?

Oh, how could I not mention the Eagles??? My best fav characters from the series, including Hobit. I´m amazed and moved everytime they emerge in the story!!

For me, book is the best gift one can ever give. Hard to remember when it actually happened - I think I was already at high school. 15, maybe? Really don´t know I´ve always been very passionate about books, reading since I was like 5 years old or so (Ninja Turtles comicses will always have a special place in my heart ) and through fantasy and sci-fi books I finally arrived to pure science books and science-popularizing books which now give me the same pleasure and sense of wonder that once did the likes of Terry Pratchett, Stephen King, Peter S.Beagle, Tolkien and others.

 

Now it´s Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Robert Trivers, Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin... and I´m only at the beginning

Great to know you've been reading since such a young age! I started around 5 years old too, in my case some of the first things were Asterix comics .

Awesome! I've read some of that too, particularly some things by Stephen Hawking, and I'm interested in reading more. Some time ago a friend showed me a book by Richard Dawkins and I found it amazing, I hope I can get that book and read it soon. I've seen some speeches of him on Youtube, and a Ted talk I think, and the guy's a genius. I also saw him on TV last year talking about atheism and I found it brilliant.

The poem is beautiful

 

I think you pin-pointed the two strongest characters in the book - Gandals and Aragorn. There is something epic about them, isn´t it?

 

I have to agree with you on the film description - Peter Jackson really managed to take the best out of the books and more importantly, the general atmsphere of the book - visual part of the movies was genial. He depicted the Middle Earth and the whole Tolkien world in such amazing way that I doubt there is a person who would not be moved by it.

It is! Tolkien was a real genius. 

Agreed! They're probably some of the most epic characters on those books. There's also lots of history behind them both, and Tolkien does a great work with it. In the Unfinished Tales there's some of Gandalf previous history, and in LOTR appendixes there's information about Aragorn's past. 

Yes, he depicted Middle Earth in a great way, and it's good to see that he is still doing so in The Hobbit movies.

Oh, and the Eagles are great too! They appear on The Silmarillion too, with less participation though.

One of my favorites parts and participations of the Eagles is at the Battle at the Black Gate, when Pippin sees them just before passing out. That moment was so well portrayed in the movie too.

Ahora estoy en el parte del libro menos símpatico para mí - la parte en que Ron y Harry no hablan juntos porque Harry fue elegido a participar en el Torneo de Tres Magos y Ron no le creí que no fue Harry que inserté su nombre en el cáliz.

 

Está un parte muy triste - nunca me he gustado cuando los dos eran peleado.

 

?Porqué te gusta este libro más?

 

No sé si es el que más me gusta de los 7, yo diría que mi favorito de la serie es Las Reliquias de la Muerte. Pero El Cáliz de Fuego vendría siendo el segundo. Me gustó mucho ese libro porque es el primero que es decididamente más oscuro, además que nos empieza a contar del pasado de Voldemort y de cómo se va formando el personaje. En general me gusta la atmósfera de El Cáliz de Fuego, ya no tiene ese elemento más inocente de los primeros tres. Recuerdo haberlo leído a los 12 - 13 años en 3 días 

Great to know you've been reading since such a young age! I started around 5 years old too, in my case some of the first things were Asterix comics .

Awesome! I've read some of that too, particularly some things by Stephen Hawking, and I'm interested in reading more. Some time ago a friend showed me a book by Richard Dawkins and I found it amazing, I hope I can get that book and read it soon. I've seen some speeches of him on Youtube, and a Ted talk I think, and the guy's a genius. I also saw him on TV last year talking about atheism and I found it brilliant.

Oh those comicses! They make children learn to read very quickly obviously now I know what to give my children first

Richard Dawkins is amazing. He´s a true biologist and can talk about it in such a way that you´re captured and lost in love. The first book that I read from him was The God Delusion and I have to say that it was him who opened my eyes totally (after Terry Pratchett kicked me in the butt with his collaborations with scientists during the Science of Discworld series) and I fell in love with science. I used to be a believer once - and the process of transformation into atheist was slow, but Dawkins´ book was the one that convinced me finally.

I know he can be very rough and strict and extremelly anti-religious and I can´t really blame him. He has encountered too much of idiocracy and I have that feeling that he was never that tolerant Sagan type I cannot resist to adore him and his never-ending will and enthusiasm to fight for science and atheism. And his passion for evolution which I totally understand.

It is! Tolkien was a real genius. 

 

Agreed! They're probably some of the most epic characters on those books. There's also lots of history behind them both, and Tolkien does a great work with it. In the Unfinished Tales there's some of Gandalf previous history, and in LOTR appendixes there's information about Aragorn's past. 

 

Yes, he depicted Middle Earth in a great way, and it's good to see that he is still doing so in The Hobbit movies.

 

Oh, and the Eagles are great too! They appear on The Silmarillion too, with less participation though.

One of my favorites parts and participations of the Eagles is at the Battle at the Black Gate, when Pippin sees them just before passing out. That moment was so well portrayed in the movie too.

For me, Gandalf was always the almost-god-like character that you expected to save everything, a friend by your side you are never afraid with, a concentrated wisdom and charisma. Aragorn was the image of true king, powerful and kind at the same time. 

Oh, the Hobbit movies! I have both DVD at home and am looking forward to seeing the last part what do you think about the movies? I still haven´t read the book and people who have keep saying how much did Peter Jackson add in the movies. (not in a positive way). But I immensely enjoy all the characters, and whohooo the Eagles again my favourite part of the film

Is there any history behind them that you´ve learned from the books? I do not remember anything, but I read LOTR years ago.

No sé si es el que más me gusta de los 7, yo diría que mi favorito de la serie es Las Reliquias de la Muerte. Pero El Cáliz de Fuego vendría siendo el segundo. Me gustó mucho ese libro porque es el primero que es decididamente más oscuro, además que nos empieza a contar del pasado de Voldemort y de cómo se va formando el personaje. En general me gusta la atmósfera de El Cáliz de Fuego, ya no tiene ese elemento más inocente de los primeros tres. Recuerdo haberlo leído a los 12 - 13 años en 3 días 

!3 días dios mio! El cuatro libro está especialmente grueso no me recuerdo cuantos días estaba leído El Cáliz de Fuego en eslovaca, pero recuerdo que cada libro de Harry Potter era un razón para no ir a dormir. Fue imposible dejar de leer

En espaňol es naturalmente más difícil y me lleva mucho más largo. Especialmente cuanto estoy leyendo otros 4 libros de una vez.

Pero me encanta la serie de Harry Potter mucho mucho muchísimo. Los carácteres son perfectamente premeditades y creo que la línea de la historia de padres de Harry está aún mejor que la de Harry

Oh those comicses! They make children learn to read very quickly obviously   now I know what to give my children first 

 

Richard Dawkins is amazing. He´s a true biologist and can talk about it in such a way that you´re captured and lost in love. The first book that I read from him was The God Delusion and I have to say that it was him who opened my eyes totally (after Terry Pratchett kicked me in the butt with his collaborations with scientists during the Science of Discworld series) and I fell in love with science. I used to be a believer once - and the process of transformation into atheist was slow, but Dawkins´ book was the one that convinced me finally.

 

I know he can be very rough and strict and extremelly anti-religious and I can´t really blame him. He has encountered too much of idiocracy and I have that feeling that he was never that tolerant Sagan type   I cannot resist to adore him and his never-ending will and enthusiasm to fight for science and atheism. And his passion for evolution which I totally understand.

I'll look for that book too, at least the title sounds really interesting

I've been atheist since I was like 11 or 12 years old, so his talks and the little I've read of him makes a lot of sense to me. The only thing is that I try and prefer to be more tolerant, even though he gives good reasons for his posture.

For me, Gandalf was always the almost-god-like character that you expected to save everything, a friend by your side you are never afraid with, a concentrated wisdom and charisma. Aragorn was the image of true king, powerful and kind at the same time. 

 

Oh, the Hobbit movies! I have both DVD at home and am looking forward to seeing the last part   what do you think about the movies? I still haven´t read the book   and people who have keep saying how much did Peter Jackson add in the movies. (not in a positive way). But I immensely enjoy all the characters, and whohooo the Eagles again   my favourite part of the film 

 

Is there any history behind them that you´ve learned from the books? I do not remember anything, but I read LOTR years ago.

 

I really liked both movies, but it's true this time they added a bit too much into it. Some things are fine, since they are closely related and you can find them either in The Lord of the Rings or in the Appendixes; but others not so much  And it changes a lot from the book, specially the second movie, even more that LOTR did. Both are great movies though and I'm eager to see the last one. So I definitely recommend you to read the book!

And I can tell you there's more Eagles to come, both in the third movie and in the book.

Yes! In the Appendixes you can learn about Aragorn's past and his story related to Arwen. It tells about his family, his parents and grandfather. It also tells about how he was raised by Elrond in Rivendell. There's a chronology too in the appendixes where you can see how old Aragorn actually is and where he has been through his life. 

About Gandalf I'm not sure if there's much information in the Appendixes but there is a lot in the Unfinished Tales. He is a Maia spirit from Valinor, and the book tells how he arrived to Middle Earth during the Third Age along the Five Wizards: The Istari. He was the last to arrive, and apparently the weakest of the five. The other were Saruman (the first to arrive), Radagast and the Blue Wizards (Alatar and Pallando). I'm not sure if it's in the Unfinished Tales or in the Silmarillion where is told which of the Valar sent each wizard, but Saruman was sent by Aulë, Radagast by Yavanna, the Blue Wizards by Oromë, and Gandalf by Manwë and Varda, the most powerful of the Valar.

There in the Unfinished Tales is also the story of Gandalf meeting Thorin Oakenshield in Bree, which appears in the Hobbit movie. That meeting appears not in The Hobbit but in the Unfinished Tales. And there you get to know the reasons behind Gandalf supporting such a quest.

!3 días dios mio! El cuatro libro está especialmente grueso no me recuerdo cuantos días estaba leído El Cáliz de Fuego en eslovaca, pero recuerdo que cada libro de Harry Potter era un razón para no ir a dormir. Fue imposible dejar de leer

 

 

 

En espaňol es naturalmente más difícil y me lleva mucho más largo. Especialmente cuanto estoy leyendo otros 4 libros de una vez.

 

Pero me encanta la serie de Harry Potter mucho mucho muchísimo. Los carácteres son perfectamente premeditades y creo que la línea de la historia de padres de Harry está aún mejor que la de Harry

 

Pero es más corto que La Orden del Fénix   ¡Llega un punto en que no se puede dejar de leer con esos libros! Me pasó lo mismo con los libros de Canción de Hielo y Fuego (los libros de Game of Thrones).

Me imagino que debe ser más difícil. Cuando leí El Señor de los Anillos en inglés demoré bastante más que cuando los leí en español.

¡4 libros de una vez! Yo no puedo hacer eso  Tengo que ir de uno a la vez.

¿Cuál es el libro que te gusta más de la serie?

I tell you, you won´t leave in the end!

 

Oh, you sucrose maniacs!

 

You mean besides getting the house on the area? It´s definitely an adoption of two dogs from our Bratislava dog shelter centre. FL promised that once we have our own house, I can go and adopt two dogs, so for the first time ever, my dream of having my own pack will come true!

 

I cannot truly explain how excited and touched I am by the very thought of it!

Nope, not with how the in-laws cook especially the father in-law

Only when it comes to finely baked goods That or a dam good ice cream sundae with plenty of chocolate sprinkles and toppings...

:chicken:  

That's awesome, that is exactly what I meant when I asked that question And good idea on adopting a shelter dog. They make some of the best pets or should I say additions to the family In-laws did that with 3 of the 4 dogs they use to have and as far as I see it the dogs truly knew that they were been saved and are forever grateful for it with unconditional love

I sort of understand that feeling hun, I really do Keep pushing forward and I can't wait to hear about the place to be as it comes together

Just saw your name somewhere and figured I'd say good luck to you . 

 

Ooooh Edita the goddess!

 

And definitely yes for another makeup!! but more than those actually printed pics, I loved these ones:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you think that Nina will get the cover? Won´t they give it - traditionally - to Kate Upton?

 

Those are good pics indeed! Bregje definetly has THE ASS

Well technically nina already got a cover...is it bad that I already forgot about that cover? It was nice, but thats how memorable I found it IMO. I hope Nina gets a solo cover....like you said most likely kate upton, but nina has been growing a large social media following I think she has a good chance  

I'll look for that book too, at least the title sounds really interesting

I've been atheist since I was like 11 or 12 years old, so his talks and the little I've read of him makes a lot of sense to me. The only thing is that I try and prefer to be more tolerant, even though he gives good reasons for his posture.

 Since 11 or 12? Damn I so do envy you. How did you come to be an atheist? Have you been raised in atheist family or not?

I´m actually learning to be more tolerant. I posted a comment about this in Dave´s thread, so I´ll just copy and paste it there as well:

I´m usually very bitter towards religion, maybe because I was once a believer and I feel like it has stolen years from me that could be dedicated to the real things and real issues. If it was for me, religion would vanish in the next 50 years.

Sadly, there are still so many people who need religion, and if we would take it from them violently, they would either pursue it in secret or get to something ever worse (pseudoscience, homeopathics, UFO believers....) - I understand now that everything must be done naturally, that people must decide for themselves, THEY must be the one to make the decision just as I did.

The key is education and freedom of thinking. Children are the key

I really liked both movies, but it's true this time they added a bit too much into it. Some things are fine, since they are closely related and you can find them either in The Lord of the Rings or in the Appendixes; but others not so much  And it changes a lot from the book, specially the second movie, even more that LOTR did. Both are great movies though and I'm eager to see the last one. So I definitely recommend you to read the book!

And I can tell you there's more Eagles to come, both in the third movie and in the book.

 

Yes! In the Appendixes you can learn about Aragorn's past and his story related to Arwen. It tells about his family, his parents and grandfather. It also tells about how he was raised by Elrond in Rivendell. There's a chronology too in the appendixes where you can see how old Aragorn actually is and where he has been through his life. 

About Gandalf I'm not sure if there's much information in the Appendixes but there is a lot in the Unfinished Tales. He is a Maia spirit from Valinor, and the book tells how he arrived to Middle Earth during the Third Age along the Five Wizards: The Istari. He was the last to arrive, and apparently the weakest of the five. The other were Saruman (the first to arrive), Radagast and the Blue Wizards (Alatar and Pallando). I'm not sure if it's in the Unfinished Tales or in the Silmarillion where is told which of the Valar sent each wizard, but Saruman was sent by Aulë, Radagast by Yavanna, the Blue Wizards by Oromë, and Gandalf by Manwë and Varda, the most powerful of the Valar.

There in the Unfinished Tales is also the story of Gandalf meeting Thorin Oakenshield in Bree, which appears in the Hobbit movie. That meeting appears not in The Hobbit but in the Unfinished Tales. And there you get to know the reasons behind Gandalf supporting such a quest.

More Eagles to come I can´t wait!!!!

Oh my. Thank you for such an insight! You can go on as much as you can, tell me everything that comes to your mind about the characters, it´s such pleasure to read I really like the character of Radagast the Brown (I can totally identify with him when he saved the hedgehog I almost fainted ) although LOTR movies did not dedicate much time to him. I´m glad he received more in the Hobbit

AND!! How could I forget!! Beorn, the skin-changer! That character deserves his own film. I´m fascinated by him. I mean, I could live with that man talk about dreams, lol. If Bilbo or Thorin died in the end (which is of course never happening), it would not touch me as much as did the simple knowlegde of Beorn´s species being extinct becuase of dwarfs and he being the last one.

Pero es más corto que La Orden del Fénix   ¡Llega un punto en que no se puede dejar de leer con esos libros! Me pasó lo mismo con los libros de Canción de Hielo y Fuego (los libros de Game of Thrones).

 

Me imagino que debe ser más difícil. Cuando leí El Señor de los Anillos en inglés demoré bastante más que cuando los leí en español.

¡4 libros de una vez! Yo no puedo hacer eso  Tengo que ir de uno a la vez.

 

¿Cuál es el libro que te gusta más de la serie?

No he leído nunca la serie de Game of Thrones aunque mucha gente me han recomendado estos libros. Me parece que Harry Potter libros eran la única serie que me affeccionó tan mucho. Quizás era la edad en que todo comenzó, no sé

En la era de Game of Thrones ya he estado dedicado a los libros de ciencia y practicalmente dejé leer libros fantásticos, además de HP serie en espaňol Quién sabe, quizás después de HP voy a leer los the Game of Thrones en espaňol

A veces, leer tantos libros a la vez está un poco tedioso y consumo mucho mucho tiempo pero es la única posibilidad de practicar las lenguas y aprender un idioma más profundo. Cada libro en lengua diferente - HP en espaňol, Sagan en inglés, HP/cuentos de rusos en ruso, y la historia de civilizaciones diferentes, su ascenso i caída, en idioma checo (solo porque no fue posible obtener el libro en esclovaco, y en fin, me da igual si es checo o esclovaco).

Más de la serie.... francamente, no estoy segura. Me gustan todos - y cada uno por diferentes razones. El primero era tan amable y innocente, todos tan "niňosas" y con cada más se queda más y más oscuroso y realmente grave y de buena calidad de los carácteres. Especialmente me fascinó la historia de los padres de Harry mucho más que la actual historia de Harry. Relaciones de Lilly y Severus y su amor de la chica que persistió !durante todo el tiempo! Complejidad de esa línea era maravillosa! Espero que J.K.Rowling dedica mucho más tiempo en futuro a la historia de Lily y James y Severus y todos otros, ?quizás escriba un libro solo sobre los?

 

I tell you, you won´t leave in the end!

 

Oh, you sucrose maniacs!

 

You mean besides getting the house on the area? It´s definitely an adoption of two dogs from our Bratislava dog shelter centre. FL promised that once we have our own house, I can go and adopt two dogs, so for the first time ever, my dream of having my own pack will come true!

 

I cannot truly explain how excited and touched I am by the very thought of it!

Nope, not with how the in-laws cook especially the father in-law

 

Only when it comes to finely baked goods That or a dam good ice cream sundae with plenty of chocolate sprinkles and toppings...

 

:chicken:  

 

That's awesome, that is exactly what I meant when I asked that question And good idea on adopting a shelter dog. They make some of the best pets or should I say additions to the family In-laws did that with 3 of the 4 dogs they use to have and as far as I see it the dogs truly knew that they were been saved and are forever grateful for it with unconditional love

 

I sort of understand that feeling hun, I really do Keep pushing forward and I can't wait to hear about the place to be as it comes together

 

I cannot resist ice-cream GIVE ME SOME ICE CREAM

uff. I LOVE ice-cream!

Giving a home to a shelter dog has been one of my dreams since like ever and having a pack - that´s even more than I ever dared to dream about. Dogs are legendary for their unconditional love they never live in the past, nor in the future - they are all for the moment that has been given to them and that´s one of their best characters. It´s a gift. No man can ever love as dogs do  

Do you know this famous dog-guy Cesar Millan? He is so inspiring. I have one of his books and everytime he´s on TV I watch and cannot stop. He also fights much against the stupid laws restricting the "agressive breeds of dogs" - as there is no such thing damn. There are only stupid people, that can make agressive ANY kind of a dog. Because dog would do just anything to please its master.

I can´t wait to actually move in there I really wish it happens this year aleady. Yay. On 28th July, we have decided to visit the mobile houses center and choose the house.

Just saw your name somewhere and figured I'd say good luck to you . 

Joe how are you?

Those are good pics indeed! Bregje definetly has THE ASS

 

Well technically nina already got a cover...is it bad that I already forgot about that cover? It was nice, but thats how memorable I found it IMO. I hope Nina gets a solo cover....like you said most likely kate upton, but nina has been growing a large social media following I think she has a good chance

For me, those pics are much better than those that actually made it to mag

That cover was...nice...yawn...Chrissy there... yawn... but yeah, it was a cover afterall I´m really hopping for something much better, much sexier, and Nina definitely CAN deliver that.

WHO chooses the cover, do you know?

  Since 11 or 12? Damn I so do envy you. How did you come to be an atheist? Have you been raised in atheist family or not?

 

 

 

 

I´m actually learning to be more tolerant. I posted a comment about this in Dave´s thread, so I´ll just copy and paste it there as well:

 

I´m usually very bitter towards religion, maybe because I was once a believer and I feel like it has stolen years from me that could be dedicated to the real things and real issues. If it was for me, religion would vanish in the next 50 years.

 

Sadly, there are still so many people who need religion, and if we would take it from them violently, they would either pursue it in secret or get to something ever worse (pseudoscience, homeopathics, UFO believers....) - I understand now that everything must be done naturally, that people must decide for themselves, THEY must be the one to make the decision just as I did.

 

The key is education and freedom of thinking. Children are the key 

The reasons on why I'm atheist were "historic" at first rather than scientific. The scientific arguments came later. But around 11 - 12 yrs old I began learning about history, and I particularly liked reading about Ancient Rome and Egypt too, and it caught my attention the many, many gods they worshipped. So, my reasoning was: why would all this people be wrong in their beliefs and christians not? Why would all their gods be false but the christian god be real? If all those ancient gods are indeed false, wouldn't then be more rational than just all deities aren't real?. Those were more or less the questionings I had at the time. More scientific reasons came after.

And no, my family is not atheist, they are Catholic, though more in name than in practice, they don't go to church or so. My mom is more of a believer than my dad too, but neither of them are atheists, neither are my sisters. BUT (and I'm really thankful for it) for some reason I was never baptized, apparently my parents didn't give much importance to it or forgot about it, but once I had the age to decide they asked me if I wanted to be baptized or not I choose not to. 

How much of a believer were you back then?

That's the thing, religion is a need for too many people that is hard if not impossible to take it away. It should be a decision, but an informed decision.

What bothers me the most about some religious people is their denial at science and proven facts, and also that aura of "moral superiority" many of them have only because of their beliefs are "the only and unquestionable truth". And all the intolerance that comes with it.

And yes, education is the key, but I don't see religions coming to an end in the near future... 

More Eagles to come     I can´t wait!!!!

 

Oh my. Thank you for such an insight! You can go on as much as you can, tell me everything that comes to your mind about the characters, it´s such pleasure to read   I really like the character of Radagast the Brown (I can totally identify with him   when he saved the hedgehog I almost fainted   ) although LOTR movies did not dedicate much time to him. I´m glad he received more in the Hobbit 

 

AND!! How could I forget!! Beorn, the skin-changer! That character deserves his own film. I´m fascinated by him. I mean, I could live with that man   talk about dreams, lol. If Bilbo or Thorin died in the end (which is of course never happening), it would not touch me as much as did the simple knowlegde of Beorn´s species being extinct becuase of dwarfs and he being the last one.

 

 

 

There's Eagles on the Silmarillion too! Thorondor is the most important of them in Middle Earth during the events of that book.

These are some illustrations of scenes from the Silmarillion involving Eagles, the first one is Thorondor carrying Hurin or Huor into Gondolin (the city between the mountains), and in the other you see the city and the Eagles that watch over it.

Oh you're welcome!  

I don't remember that part of the movie   . maybe because it's not part of the book. Actually Radagast is not mentioned in The Hobbit, he first appears in The Lord of the Rings and very briefly. It gave me some good laughs in the movie though 

Ah Beorn is another great character, I love how the giant bear was portrayed in the film. If the third film keeps things similar to the book concerning him, you may know a bit more about Beorn and his kin there. And I think they're mentioned once ore twice in LOTR. I read a really interesting article about Beorn some time ago, it's in spanish though, but I'll copy the link if you want to read it

http://www.elfenomeno.com/info/ver/8973/titulo/-Qu-o-qui-n-era-Beorn-br-

No he leído nunca la serie de Game of Thrones aunque mucha gente me han recomendado estos libros. Me parece que Harry Potter libros eran la única serie que me affeccionó tan mucho. Quizás era la edad en que todo comenzó, no sé

 

 

 

En la era de Game of Thrones ya he estado dedicado a los libros de ciencia y practicalmente dejé leer libros fantásticos, además de HP serie en espaňol Quién sabe, quizás después de HP voy a leer los the Game of Thrones en espaňol

 

A veces, leer tantos libros a la vez está un poco tedioso y consumo mucho mucho tiempo pero es la única posibilidad de practicar las lenguas y aprender un idioma más profundo. Cada libro en lengua diferente - HP en espaňol, Sagan en inglés, HP/cuentos de rusos en ruso, y la historia de civilizaciones diferentes, su ascenso i caída, en idioma checo (solo porque no fue posible obtener el libro en esclovaco, y en fin, me da igual si es checo o esclovaco).

 

Más de la serie.... francamente, no estoy segura. Me gustan todos - y cada uno por diferentes razones. El primero era tan amable y innocente, todos tan "niňosas" y con cada más se queda más y más oscuroso y realmente grave y de buena calidad de los carácteres. Especialmente me fascinó la historia de los padres de Harry mucho más que la actual historia de Harry. Relaciones de Lilly y Severus y su amor de la chica que persistió !durante todo el tiempo! Complejidad de esa línea era maravillosa! Espero que J.K.Rowling dedica mucho más tiempo en futuro a la historia de Lily y James y Severus y todos otros, ?quizás escriba un libro solo sobre los?

 

¡Son buenísimos! Definitivamente te los recomiendo.

La edad puede ser un factor también, pero los libros de Canción de Hielo y Fuego (así se llama la serie) a mi me atraparon el año pasado. Lei los 5 libros en algo así como un mes, ¡no podía parar de leer!.

¡Sí, te recomiendo que los leas! A mi me gustaría leerlos en inglés también.

¡Tantos libros en tantos idiomas! 

¿Sobre qué civilizaciones estás leyendo? Me gusta mucho leer sobre historia

Sí, el primero es definitivamente el más infantil de los libros, y desde ahí se van haciendo cada vez más oscuro.

La historia de los padres es muy interesante, y en general lo es la historia anterior de la mayoría de los personajes. La línea argumental de Lily y Snape es realmente muy compleja y es notable e impresionante cómo domina la serie completa, y uno no se llega a dar cuenta hasta el último libro. Pero no creo que J.K. Rowling exploté esa historia en un libro nuevo en todo caso...

A mi me interesó sobre todo la historia anterior de Voldemort, de hecho los libros que más me gustaron son los que indagan más en eso: La Cámara Secreta, El Cáliz de Fuego, El Príncipe Mestizo y por supuesto el último.

(On a random note... having eargasms listening to The Beatles here  )

I cannot resist ice-cream GIVE ME SOME ICE CREAM

 

uff. I LOVE ice-cream!

 

Giving a home to a shelter dog has been one of my dreams since like ever and having a pack - that´s even more than I ever dared to dream about. Dogs are legendary for their unconditional love they never live in the past, nor in the future - they are all for the moment that has been given to them and that´s one of their best characters. It´s a gift. No man can ever love as dogs do

 

Do you know this famous dog-guy Cesar Millan? He is so inspiring. I have one of his books and everytime he´s on TV I watch and cannot stop. He also fights much against the stupid laws restricting the "agressive breeds of dogs" - as there is no such thing damn. There are only stupid people, that can make agressive ANY kind of a dog. Because dog would do just anything to please its master.

 

I can´t wait to actually move in there I really wish it happens this year aleady. Yay. On 28th July, we have decided to visit the mobile houses center and choose the house.

LOL, I know where you're coming from there Jennka. I'm an ice cream freak too at the moment And the fact I shared that gif doesn't help

There is a reason they coined the phrase "man's best friend" when it comes to dogs Sorry, not even cats have a line to top that one I hope you do at least get that 1st dog to the eventual pack but of course watch out for those with socializing issues. Some dogs just don't do well with others just like some humans hate being around crowds of their own kind

Oh do I ever I remember watching his shows a few times a bit back. Funny part, a lot of his techniques are common among Latinos from what I notice. Especially his signature "SHHhhh" But there is no doubt that man has a talent with the K9's And I'm a firm believer that any dog can be a great dog so long as you give it a nurturing environment. I've seen aggressive dogs from chihuahuas to rottweilers so it really comes down to the dogs environment that predicates it behavior

Ah sweet, so much to see and decide on...good luck trying not to have a mini panic attack And I mean that in a playful manner

LOL, I know where you're coming from there Jennka. I'm an ice cream freak too at the moment And the fact I shared that gif doesn't help

 

There is a reason they coined the phrase "man's best friend" when it comes to dogs Sorry, not even cats have a line to top that one I hope you do at least get that 1st dog to the eventual pack but of course watch out for those with socializing issues. Some dogs just don't do well with others just like some humans hate being around crowds of their own kind

 

Oh do I ever I remember watching his shows a few times a bit back. Funny part, a lot of his techniques are common among Latinos from what I notice. Especially his signature "SHHhhh" But there is no doubt that man has a talent with the K9's And I'm a firm believer that any dog can be a great dog so long as you give it a nurturing environment. I've seen aggressive dogs from chihuahuas to rottweilers so it really comes down to the dogs environment that predicates it behavior

 

Ah sweet, so much to see and decide on...good luck trying not to have a mini panic attack And I mean that in a playful manner

Which ice-cream do you like the most? I love chocolate one, cocoa, vanilla and cookie the most

Oh, cats are amazing in so another kind of way. They are free-spirited, strong individuals, no pets I love cats as much as I love dogs and when I will have the opportunity to have both in the future, I´ll be extremely happy. Having a cat at home is like having a partner (in a friend-kind of way) and having a dog is like having a best friend. I get along well with both cats are adventurers you never know what they´ll do next

Dogs are devoted to their master and thus they create a huge responsibility. To have a dog is a thing for life, especially because dogs are naturally social and automatically create a pack (no matter its members! Dogs can make a pack with anyone and anything, let it be humans, another dogs, cats and humans, sheep, horses...) and follow its leader.

And I´m planning to take two dogs at once, with the requirement of them getting well along each other. The best would be if the shelter had two dogs that cannot be separated because of their closeness - and I know they had such pair, but now they are not listed in the offer, so I do not really know.

He is latino, afterall, isn´t he?

I really like that the techniques he uses are concentrated around what dogs really are - from the evolutionary and biological kind of view. The pack organization, the dominance of the leader, the roles every dog finally adopts that are natural to him - these are the techniques I´ve seen in all the documentaries about wolves. He speaks to dogs in their language, where words are unnecessary and it´s all about posture, emotions, tone of the voice, physical contact.

What are K9´s?

The reasons on why I'm atheist were "historic" at first rather than scientific. The scientific arguments came later. But around 11 - 12 yrs old I began learning about history, and I particularly liked reading about Ancient Rome and Egypt too, and it caught my attention the many, many gods they worshipped. So, my reasoning was: why would all this people be wrong in their beliefs and christians not? Why would all their gods be false but the christian god be real? If all those ancient gods are indeed false, wouldn't then be more rational than just all deities aren't real?. Those were more or less the questionings I had at the time. More scientific reasons came after.

And no, my family is not atheist, they are Catholic, though more in name than in practice, they don't go to church or so. My mom is more of a believer than my dad too, but neither of them are atheists, neither are my sisters. BUT (and I'm really thankful for it) for some reason I was never baptized, apparently my parents didn't give much importance to it or forgot about it, but once I had the age to decide they asked me if I wanted to be baptized or not I choose not to. 

 

How much of a believer were you back then?

 

That's the thing, religion is a need for too many people that is hard if not impossible to take it away. It should be a decision, but an informed decision.

What bothers me the most about some religious people is their denial at science and proven facts, and also that aura of "moral superiority" many of them have only because of their beliefs are "the only and unquestionable truth". And all the intolerance that comes with it.

 

And yes, education is the key, but I don't see religions coming to an end in the near future...

Whow, what a great reasoning for a 11/12 year old! I´m astonished now

Is your country considered very Catholic? How do you perceive it? Your parents did a great thing to wait until you yourself were able to decide whether you want to be a part of this church or not.

I think that I was a very firm believer - I was a believer from heart. Since very little I remember talking and writing to what I called "Mr.God", and every night before going to sleep I had a little prayer to pray and I always did. My parents weren´t much of believers, they were both Catholic (and christened all their kids as Catholics) but never went to church and never talked about God at home. They also never talked about atheism either we had a huge children bible at home and as I´ve read everything that I encountered, I´ve read it as well, then the Old testament, the New testament, but never really thought about it - those were just book and the deity I believed in did not care for them in my eyes. When I started to visit church because of my best friend, everything seemed so strange - this was what the belief was about? It was dull, so mechanical, there was hardly any faith at all.

I believed in a totally different kind of God. My God was everywhere, in every plant, in every tree, he did not partake in the troubles of humans, he just connected everything living. He needed no churches, no priests, no praying. Afterall, he already knew all of it!

After I got more into science, my God started to vanish bit by bit. After Dawkins´ The God Delusion, I understood finally that the difference between what was left of my God and atheism is none. It was not an easy thing to do though. To let go of the illusion that somewhere, there is someone who protects you and your loved ones, that when you die you actually do not die and live on just a different kind of life, the notion that all evil will be punished in the end, and goodness awarded, and that you´re never alone - all of this was strong.

When you end up alone in this world, with nothing to rely on, no afterlife to look forward to, no protection, no one to depend on in harsh times, this world might seem cold for a moment.

However, I accepted the reality. Afterall, I could not decide any other way - it would be a treason of everything I´ve fallen in love with - science, sceptical thinking, objective truth. 

After some time I realized that actually nothing changed. I still live the same life, I enjoy the same happiness and same things that make me sad. Maybe the taste of the life itself feels more sweet now - with the knowledge of its´ final end, every day is a gift and every minute spent in the presence of people I like is precious to me. My goal is to enjoy my life as much as I can - I will never get another one. 

The world suddenly opened for me in an amazing, wonderful kind of way. The freedom od thinking and feeling is overwhelming.

Who knows what will become of religions one day. We still have so much to learn, to discover, to evolve into (if the enviroment and space conditions will allow us) - we might be all better one day.

There's Eagles on the Silmarillion too! Thorondor is the most important of them in Middle Earth during the events of that book.

 

These are some illustrations of scenes from the Silmarillion involving Eagles, the first one is Thorondor carrying Hurin or Huor into Gondolin (the city between the mountains), and in the other you see the city and the Eagles that watch over it.

 

 

Oh you're welcome!

I don't remember that part of the movie   . maybe because it's not part of the book. Actually Radagast is not mentioned in The Hobbit, he first appears in The Lord of the Rings and very briefly. It gave me some good laughs in the movie though 

 

Ah Beorn is another great character, I love how the giant bear was portrayed in the film. If the third film keeps things similar to the book concerning him, you may know a bit more about Beorn and his kin there. And I think they're mentioned once ore twice in LOTR. I read a really interesting article about Beorn some time ago, it's in spanish though, but I'll copy the link if you want to read it

 

http://www.elfenomeno.com/info/ver/8973/titulo/-Qu-o-qui-n-era-Beorn-br-

The illustrations are wonderful is there any history behind the Eagles in the book?

Radagast is not mentioned in the Hobbit??? Not at all??? Oh my, now I call that a huge change I think I really need to read the Hobbit finally

Thank you for the article, I´ve read it and am even more intrigues about him! In the Hobbit movie, he says "There were once many of us. Now there is only one." Did he mean that there were many of the skin-changers, or as the link suggests, just more of the people of his kin with him being quite exceptional even amongst them???

¡Son buenísimos! Definitivamente te los recomiendo.

La edad puede ser un factor también, pero los libros de Canción de Hielo y Fuego (así se llama la serie) a mi me atraparon el año pasado. Lei los 5 libros en algo así como un mes, ¡no podía parar de leer!.

 

¡Sí, te recomiendo que los leas! A mi me gustaría leerlos en inglés también.

 

¡Tantos libros en tantos idiomas! 

¿Sobre qué civilizaciones estás leyendo? Me gusta mucho leer sobre historia

 

Sí, el primero es definitivamente el más infantil de los libros, y desde ahí se van haciendo cada vez más oscuro.

La historia de los padres es muy interesante, y en general lo es la historia anterior de la mayoría de los personajes. La línea argumental de Lily y Snape es realmente muy compleja y es notable e impresionante cómo domina la serie completa, y uno no se llega a dar cuenta hasta el último libro. Pero no creo que J.K. Rowling exploté esa historia en un libro nuevo en todo caso...

A mi me interesó sobre todo la historia anterior de Voldemort, de hecho los libros que más me gustaron son los que indagan más en eso: La Cámara Secreta, El Cáliz de Fuego, El Príncipe Mestizo y por supuesto el último.

?Cómo son los libros de Canción de Hielo y Fuego? ?Qué es la historia? Y la edición espaňola, crees que ?voy a aprenderla?

Principalmente es la historia de territorios eslovacos y checos, especialmente la primera parte del libro que se centra en la era de prehistoria y celtas en nuestras países (hasta el aňo 0) y también con las relacciones con otras partes del mundo, especialmente Romanos y Germanos. Otras partes del libro tratan con ascensos y caídas de los civilizaciónes grandes como los de Egypt, Mayos, Roma, etc desde múltiples perspectivas de expertos. Todavía estoy en la epocha de la caída de celtos. El libro está demasiado grave me da mucho tiempo leerlo. Todos autores son checos expertos en varias ciencias (antropologia, biologia, historia....).

?Porqué te interesa Lord Voldemort más?

(On a random note... having eargasms listening to The Beatles here  )

Do you like Beatles so much?

 Whow, what a great reasoning for a 11/12 year old! I´m astonished now

 

Is your country considered very Catholic? How do you perceive it? Your parents did a great thing to wait until you yourself were able to decide whether you want to be a part of this church or not.

 

I think that I was a very firm believer - I was a believer from heart. Since very little I remember talking and writing to what I called "Mr.God", and every night before going to sleep I had a little prayer to pray and I always did. My parents weren´t much of believers, they were both Catholic (and christened all their kids as Catholics) but never went to church and never talked about God at home. They also never talked about atheism either we had a huge children bible at home and as I´ve read everything that I encountered, I´ve read it as well, then the Old testament, the New testament, but never really thought about it - those were just book and the deity I believed in did not care for them in my eyes. When I started to visit church because of my best friend, everything seemed so strange - this was what the belief was about? It was dull, so mechanical, there was hardly any faith at all.

 

I believed in a totally different kind of God. My God was everywhere, in every plant, in every tree, he did not partake in the troubles of humans, he just connected everything living. He needed no churches, no priests, no praying. Afterall, he already knew all of it!

 

After I got more into science, my God started to vanish bit by bit. After Dawkins´ The God Delusion, I understood finally that the difference between what was left of my God and atheism is none. It was not an easy thing to do though. To let go of the illusion that somewhere, there is someone who protects you and your loved ones, that when you die you actually do not die and live on just a different kind of life, the notion that all evil will be punished in the end, and goodness awarded, and that you´re never alone - all of this was strong.

 

When you end up alone in this world, with nothing to rely on, no afterlife to look forward to, no protection, no one to depend on in harsh times, this world might seem cold for a moment.

 

However, I accepted the reality. Afterall, I could not decide any other way - it would be a treason of everything I´ve fallen in love with - science, sceptical thinking, objective truth. 

 

After some time I realized that actually nothing changed. I still live the same life, I enjoy the same happiness and same things that make me sad. Maybe the taste of the life itself feels more sweet now - with the knowledge of its´ final end, every day is a gift and every minute spent in the presence of people I like is precious to me. My goal is to enjoy my life as much as I can - I will never get another one. 

 

The world suddenly opened for me in an amazing, wonderful kind of way. The freedom od thinking and feeling is overwhelming.

 

Who knows what will become of religions one day. We still have so much to learn, to discover, to evolve into (if the enviroment and space conditions will allow us) - we might be all better one day.

 

 

Yes, Chile is very Catholic. It's by far the biggest religion here, and in the highest socio-economic classes catholicism is particularly strong, so it's a church that still has quite some power in the country. What is considered one of the best universities here, or even the best is a Catholic university (I studied there a couple of years). There's the tendency as in other places is happening too, of religion losing relevance quickly in the everyday life, and less people is going to church too. But still, Catholicism is quite powerful here, and most the elites are Catholic and deeply conservative.

And yes, I'm very thankful that my parents let me choose, even if the forgot about the baptism in the first place 

Such an interesting way to be a believer though! So much better and more "pure" that the church's vision. You went through quite an interesting process into becoming atheist.

That's precisely what Dawkins said at the end of that TV program I told you about: there's no other life, there's no one up there looking after us, so it's up to us to enjoy as much as we can this only life that we have and every moment of it.

I hope societies can evolve someday to the point religion will be unnecessary. But it seems unlikely in the near future. Not only because of people needing religion or some kind of beliefs or "spiritual guidance", but because churches and religions (specially the Catholic church) are in the end huge instruments of power...

 

The illustrations are wonderful is there any history behind the Eagles in the book?

 

Radagast is not mentioned in the Hobbit??? Not at all??? Oh my, now I call that a huge change I think I really need to read the Hobbit finally

 

Thank you for the article, I´ve read it and am even more intrigues about him! In the Hobbit movie, he says "There were once many of us. Now there is only one." Did he mean that there were many of the skin-changers, or as the link suggests, just more of the people of his kin with him being quite exceptional even amongst them???

They are!

And yes there is, but not so much in detail though. They were the messengers of Manwë, the Lord of the Valar and lord of the wind and sky, and they came to Middle Earth to watch over the mountains in case Melkor/Morgoth returned. They were probably Maiar spirits, such as Gandalf and the other Wizards. And Sauron, he is a Maia spirit too.

Here's another article which refers to the Eagles and what they are:

http://www.elfenomeno.com/info/ver/8942/titulo/-Eran-Maiar-las-Grandes-guilas-br-

No, he's not mentioned. Probably by then the character didn't even existed in Tolkien's mind. I don't remember if the White Council exists by that name already in The Hobbit, though it's clear after reading LOTR that it was that what was keeping Gandalf busy, but Saruman isn't mentioned in The Hobbit, neither is Galadriel or Elrond, the rest of the White Council. Legolas doesn't appear either and Thranduil doesn't appear by name, instead he's only referred to as the Elven King. 

But that's mostly because The Hobbit is a more "primitive" work by Tolkien. It was after that he began linking it more carefully to his whole legendarium. So those characters even though they are not named in the book, they do participate in those events, as you can see in the Appendixes and in the Unfinished Tales. With the exception of Legolas who doesn't become a part of the history until LOTR.

You're welcome! And that's the interesting part. I think is more of an open question and I guess we'll never know for certain what did he meant by that (in the book he says pretty much the same). I think only Tolkien knew the right answer. And maybe even he wasn't certain about it 

?Cómo son los libros de Canción de Hielo y Fuego? ?Qué es la historia? Y la edición espaňola, crees que ?voy a aprenderla?

 

Principalmente es la historia de territorios eslovacos y checos, especialmente la primera parte del libro que se centra en la era de prehistoria y celtas en nuestras países (hasta el aňo 0) y también con las relacciones con otras partes del mundo, especialmente Romanos y Germanos. Otras partes del libro tratan con ascensos y caídas de los civilizaciónes grandes como los de Egypt, Mayos, Roma, etc desde múltiples perspectivas de expertos. Todavía estoy en la epocha de la caída de celtos. El libro está demasiado grave me da mucho tiempo leerlo. Todos autores son checos expertos en varias ciencias (antropologia, biologia, historia....).

 

?Porqué te interesa Lord Voldemort más?

¡Son buenísimos! Transcurre principalmente en un continente llamado Westeros (Poniente en la traducción al Español) y con eventos también en Essos, otro continente situado al Este de Westeros. Es básicamente fantasía y con ciertos puntos en común con El Señor de Los Anillos, pero a la vez muy diferente. No hay una lucha clara entre el bien y el mal, si no que cada personaje más bien vela por sus propios intereses y los de sus cercanos. Es en ese sentido "más humano", y a la vez, y por la misma razón es más oscuro también, porque muchos personajes dejan ver lo peor del ser humano. Y en otros se ve lo contrario. Pero nunca es "blanco y negro", siempre tiene matices. La historia también es muy entretenida y además muy compleja.

Al comenzar Juego de Tronos (el 1er libro) han pasado unos 20 años desde una guerra civil que destronó a la dinastía Targaryen, y que instaló a Robert Baratheon como Rey en Westeros. Pero no todos los Targaryen han muerto, quedan los 2 hijos del rey que exiliados en Essos quieren de alguna manera recuperar el trono. Además una amenaza comienza a aparecer en el extremo norte del continente.

La traducción es buena, pero son libros muy largos, así que probablemente prefieras leerlos en inglés o incluso en eslovaco, para leerlos más rápido. Son todos de más de 600 páginas, y 2 tienen más de 1000.

¡Buenísimo! Me interesa mucho la historia más antigua de todos esos pueblos y su relación temprana con el Imperio Romano. ¿Qué has aprendido de los Celtas con el libro?

Más que nada encuentro intrigante el origen de un personaje tan oscuro. Me parece fascinante el averiguar de dónde sale y las razones de por qué es como es, cuáles son sus motivaciones y cómo se vinculan con su origen. Además encontré particularmente notable que sea descendiente directo de Slytherin y que además sea pariente lejano de Harry, a través de los Peverell. 

Do you like Beatles so much?

 

 

Yes I do!! 

They're by far my favorite band ever, I know every song and I just can't get tired of listening to them. Everytime I discover some new detail, or something in the arrangement of a song that sounds particularly interesting. It's always a delight for me listening to their songs and get marveled at the genius of those guys.