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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     Sandman  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Lewis  wrote:   
      
   >> >> >> Myself, I subscribe to the conclusion that Balrogs had wings and could   
   >> >> >> fly after 1940. Mostly because I think a winged Balrog is cooler, and   
   >> >> >> it requires less "interpretation" of the source material :)   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Well, you (Sandman) are Swedish, and I suppose we have to forgive those   
   >> >> who have grown up with the Ohlmarks 'translation' for all kinds of   
   >> >> misunderstandings of the text   
   >>   
   >> > I never read it in Swedish. I only read books in English.   
   >>   
   >> You never read books in Swedish?   
      
   > Nope. :P   
      
   > I don't know of any good swedish authors, and I always want to read   
   > books in the language they were written. And well, that sort of limits   
   > my choices to english books, since I don't know any other language. :)   
      
   Not even the Steig Larsson trilogy? I've heard it's quite good.   
      
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