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...Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Where the Side-walk Ends by Shel Silverstein, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Beloved by Toni Morrison and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand rounded out the list...
...like a giddy tour guide, he showed me Princess Zelda's kingdom. "You gotta see this. Look what happens when you go to the Temple of Time. Check out the graphics when you use the light arrows." The game, as it turned out, was a synthesis of Arthurian legend, Tolkien mythology and Marvel comic books. It was devilishly difficult. Besides mastering arcane weapons (no blood, though), he had to memorize different sequences of tones--magic songs that transported the hero. There were puzzles to solve, strategies to plot...
...grand. Naboo's golden underwater city glows like an Art Nouveau chandelier, while the Jedi knights' home base, Coruscant, could come from a spiffier Blade Runner. The new sidekick, a computer-birthed frog boy named Jar Jar Binks, is a vexing, endearing mix of Kipling's Gunga Din and Tolkien's Gollum, and speaks in a pidgin English ("Yousa Jedi not all yousa cracked up to be!") that will be every kid's secret language this summer. Even on paper, the film's set pieces--a 10-min. Podrace and the climactic battle between the ragged forces of good...
Dank and labyrinthine, the pathways between suites in the Leverett Towers thwart eager notebook-sharers and casual drop-ins. The cave-like atmosphere promises to reveal J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired Hobbits behind the large, heavy room doors. Lost in the darkness? Better hope that you're on an even-numbered floor...
...passionate readers. They began reading to him nightly when he was a baby. By 15 months, he was turning the pages of his Dr. Seuss books, already aware that something wonderful was going on. Tyler's parents still read to his brother John, 8. With Ty, they discuss the Tolkien and Asimov books that are his current favorites. "This house could collapse from the weight of books," says his dad Jeff...