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Rael

Rael

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Greetings, fellow King aficionados. I was a bit interested in learning about my favorite author and thought to make an account here. I hope to have a great and enriching time, and to make a lot of friends.

A bit about me. I am 16 years old and live in the North-Eastern United States. I have been reading Stephen King novels since I was 10 years old, and have been hooked ever since. In addition to Stephen King, I enjoy Jules Verne, some writing in the muckraking era of the United States (i.e. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair) and Hungarian medieval history, primarily the 1400's.

Thank you very much for including me in your forums here! :)
 
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The woods are lovely dark and deep
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Welcome aboard, Rael. I had a professor tell me I'd have to pick him up off the floor, this once, in his office when I asked if I could turn a paper in...early. The key was early, he told me...a paper about how literature can effect change, on Sinclair's, The Jungle. Don't believe I've read much Vernes, if any, though I have seen a movie or two based on his work. And Hungarian medieval history! What's interesting about that period of that area of history to you?
 
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Rael

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I trace my lineage back to Hungary. I also really admire the Hunyadi family of the 1400's. Janos Hunyadi, the man in my profile picture, defended Europe for his entire life against the Ottoman onslaught. They called him the 'White Knight' of Christianity.
 
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Walter Oobleck

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Rael said:
I trace my lineage back to Hungary. I also really admire the Hunyadi family of the 1400's. Janos Hunyadi, the man in my profile picture, defended Europe for his entire life against the Ottoman onslaught. They called him the 'White Knight' of Christianity.
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My roots are in Finland. I've read some stories by Hungarian writers...A Book of Memories, Peter Nadas...there's accent marks over vowels in his name, don't know to make them...this other, The Melancholy of Resistance,László Krasznahorkai is interesting for the manner he tells his story, and too, he uses words in 'marks' like that quite a bit...to make a point I believe...there's a curious circus in this story. I enjoy this quote from the story:
you have every cause for anxiety. we are on the threshold of a more searching, more honest, more open society. there are new times just around the corner
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If I had to liken this last story to one from King it would be Needful Things, some of the same kind of action takes place.
 
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Walter Oobleck said:
Welcome aboard, Rael. I had a professor tell me I'd have to pick him up off the floor, this once, in his office when I asked if I could turn a paper in...early. The key was early, he told me...a paper about how literature can effect change, on Sinclair's, The Jungle. Don't believe I've read much Vernes, if any, though I have seen a movie or two based on his work. And Hungarian medieval history! What's interesting about that period of that area of history to you?
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The Jungle was one of my favorites in high school. It made me really think about where my meat came from and how hard my life wasn't.
 
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