Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

Welcome HFB. Ok, now the real addiction will kick in, posting is way more addictive than reading in this forum...I hope you like it here.

My name is B-Mental and I'm an Online-Literature-aholic.

Hi All,

I am engineer by profession and really very fond in reading books especially philosophy, social fiction by Dickens and Rudyard Kippling. In new writers I like Paulo Cohelo mostly known by Al-Chemist the most.
I like to read books and discuss with my friends. It is first time here that I am in a forum. I reckon it will help me to find new friends with them I can discuss a lot from books. May be some of you would not like my post because English is not my native. But I will like to make new friends here.

If anyone in you have read The Zahir by Paulo Coelho please PM me i want to discuss somthing.

Bye.

hi Gemini:)


enjoy it here. I've read some of Coelho's books,but not Zahir.

Hi,

I'm 15 (almost 16, 12/22). I'm basically a Harry Potter geek, I write and read fan fiction, I visit Harry Potter sites everyday and yeah... I found out about this site when I was searching for the book "The Wealth of Nations". It is a very interesting book actually. I take two law classes in school, but I really don't want to be a lawyer or anything, law is just interesting. I'm searching for other books to discuss.

I read all the time, but my friends at school have nothing to say about books, so I come onto the internet to discuss them. :) There's not really any author's that I favor above everyone else, I'll pretty much read anything.

But anyway... homework time... *sigh*
Bye!

Hi certiorari! :)

Nice to meet a fellow HP fan. :D I can't call myself a big fan really, but I used to be a very huge fan of the series about a year or two ago.

Have you by any chance visited www.fanfiction.net for Harry Potter fanfiction? It is great! If you want any recommendations, tell me. I have got a huge list of good authors found in there. :)

I am a 40+ year old Scotsman, a writer of horror and fantasy fiction and screenplays.

I've had 5 novels published, Island Life (Barclay Books 2001), the Watchers trilogy (Black Death Books 2003/2004) and The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet (Black Death Books 2005)

I'm also a scriptwriter, influenced by The Big Sleep, L A Confidential, Aliens, Lord Of the Rings, Tim Burton and anything by Hammer.

There are 3 more novels on the way , and some screenplays, and more short stories and ...and ...and.. :)

My next book, Eldren: The Book of the Dark, is a vampire novel set in West-Coast Scotland, and is coming in late 2006 from Black Death Books.

The Watchers Series is my retelling of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion in Britain. Bonnie Prince Charlie, and all his highland army, are Vampires and are heading south to claim the British throne. The "Watchers" of the title are the guards of the old Roman wall built by Hadrian, now reinforced to keep the vamps out. It is constantly patrolled by officers of the Watch, two of whom become the main protagonists of the series.

I got the idea on a walk along what is left of the wall, and by the time I'd had finished my walk and had a few beers the first part of the trilogy was fully formed in my head. Think "ZULU" or "Last of the Mohicans" with vamps and you'll get a feel of what it's all about.

Book 1: The Coming of the King
Book 2: The Battle for the Throne
Book 3: Culloden!

Get them from
Black Death Books
AMAZON.COM
AMAZON.CO.UK

I'm a traditionalist when it comes to vamps - mine are mainly evil, bloodsucking bas*ards. They don't have souls, they don't have good dress sense and they don't get to snog Sarah Michelle Geller. Oh, and they'll bite anything, not just ladies with big, exposed, bosoms.


Willie

Good Morning.

My name is Alain, and I'm a 16 year old College student from the United Kingdom. Studying at Regent College in Leicester, if anyone knows it? I ask because it is a small world...Ok, maybe that was a little too cheesy for an introduction post. I'm studying English, Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Film Studies and Psychology.

My taste in books is varied, and I rarely come across a book I cannot finish. I have written a few novellas(sp?) in the past, mainly teenage fiction of different kinds.

I came across the site while googleing for articles about Wuthering Hights as I am currently in an English Class on one of the laptops...maybe not the best way to spend classtime.

Anyway, enough for now! See you around the site, hopefully.

To CBARTO, EVERMORE, CHANITACR, MINIHULK, HYDROSILVER, ALL, ALEXEI, SKARLETTE, HARD FLUFFY BACK, CERTIORARI, SANTIAGO, WILLIE. MEIKLE, SHADOWSARIN, SEACLOUD, ADIADNE..........

WELCOME!

(Whew, that was a lot!) :)

old member posting for the first time- so, greetings

welcome to the forums driftwood!

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

Hmm. A little about me. Well I'm a twenty-year-old from Canada. I am currently in grade twelve. Yes, I should have been graduated a long time ago, but instead I dropped out to care for my grandma. She had two strokes, which left her left side slightly paralyzed.
Unfortunately, two years ago, she passed away. It took me one year to really get over her death. Then one day, I woke up realizing that I had to get an education instead of sitting at home feeling sorry for myself.
Anyway, in my free time, I like to write, just thoughts and ideas, not anything spectacular, but I absolutely love reading other peoples work. Another hobby I enjoy is singing. Wow, I can sing my little heart out. Haha. One time I actually won first place in a karaoke contest.
And that's about it.

Talk to you later people! :D

Hmm...well, this is awkward. I've been posting madly away and just now tore myself away from the lit and philosophy threads to find an introduction thread. D'oh! (cf. Homer Simpson)

I stumbled upon this site while looking for some research material on Heart of Darkness and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and I chanced to see the "Forums" tab and, well, I was gone without a second thought. I have wanted, for months, to find a place like this to discuss literature and philosophy, and I am looking forward to many conversations with all of you.

Don't know what else to say - I teach AP English in Southern California, love Shakespeare, William Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Sandra Cisneros and CS Lewis, Medieval literature and modern poetry. There is nothing better than engaging in thoughtful dialogue with thoughtful people - so this should be fun -

"The game's afoot!" :D

I spent alot of time looking for a decent website for book lovers and finally here it is. I am an ex New Yorker currently living in Oakland,CA. Graduated from S.U.N.Y Purchase in 1987 with a BA in Literature.
Right now it is morning, still quiet in the world. I look out my window and see two trees, one barren leafless, the other a tall noble pine tree still green despite December. I love them both.
Oh well...out of coffee.:)

ps
what I am currently reading:
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson.
A short novel about life aboard a slave ship and the experiences of an ex-slave who is working on the ship. It won the National Book Award for fiction in 1990.

"I" The Creation of a Serial Killer by Jack Olsen.
This book is not for everyone. This true crime work is important because the sociopath is the one telling the story. Olsen interviewed Keith Hunter Jesperson for countless hours, read tons of documents about the crimes, about the victims and about Jesperson's life. Then he basically became Jesperson and wrote from the killer's mind. I used to dismiss the true crime genre as just a bunch of poorly written novels meant to titilate but not educate. I have not exactly become a convert but some of the key writers in this field do shed light on some complex, troubling and controversial topics.

Anyone who has read either book...or just has thoughts about the books...feel free to send me a post/email.

tata
Ghideon:yawnb:

welcome all:)

Hi guys I just got in ....like 3 or 4 postings ago. For now all I can say is I LOVE IT. I also love writing poetry and singing and listenig to people say all they have to say and making some 'noise' with buddies. Most important: Am proudly ...very proudly african