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I just re-read it. It's as good as I remember, or perhaps even better - I read it for the first time when I was twelve or so, and in translation. I missed a lot.
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I love the movie. I didn't realize how much cussing was in it until I watched it a few years ago. Ah, the things my innocent little two-year-old ears were exposed to.
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So, if a girly-man can beat you up with one hand tied behind his back, what does that say about you?
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Hehehehe. Like I'm afraid of you KoM. I am a profesional fitness trainer in NM. I doubt I need to cower in fear of you. Posts: 1941 | Registered: Dec 2005
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Sigh. Gentlemen, gentlemen, let's not have a row. We should, after all, be discussing unicorns.
I haven't read the book since I was in, like, second grade, but I really should get to a library and reread it. I probably didn't understand much of it the first time through.
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Totally. Me and KoM make love like jungle monkeys all night long, which is a firm testement to the strength of our respective staminas. Posts: 1595 | Registered: Feb 2003
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Dude, I'm a straight male who lives across the largest ocean in the world from KoM. I doubt there's much incentive for romahhhnce. We're just joshin' ya, don't freak out. Posts: 1595 | Registered: Feb 2003
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My point is that talking about unicorns does not automatically make one a "girly man" (which is kind of a nebulously-defined and not particularly insulting concept anyway), which KoM's testosterone-laced "I can beat you up with one hand tied behind my back!" post proved rather nicely.
In any case, we've totally derailed the thread, which I feel kinda bad about. So. Go read the book, and we can all be bosom buddies.
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Unicorns are dangerous, not sweet and girly. Didn't any of you ever read the story about "The Valiant Tailor"?
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The Last Unicorn is a good read. I read it when I was a kid, and then re-read it again as an adult.
I can't say which time I enjoyed it more. The second time I read it, I think the sadness of the Prince's plight, and the futility that the unicorn felt looking for the rest of her kind, affected me much more.
The cat's line, to the effect that, "If I were to touch her, I would be lost," resonates very strongly with me. Not sure why.
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Oh, KoM-- check out 'Folk of the Air,' also by Peter S. Beagle.
Not nearly so good as Unicorn, but not terrible. It's kind of an odd mix of fantasy and magical realism.
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