> Maybe I should just quit re-reading books I've
> read before and only read new ones. There
> are certainly enough books in the world to do
> that, with new ones being written all the time.
> But I HAVE to re-read the Earthsea trilogy
> before I read the fourth book, because I'll want
> to remember everything that happened before.
> Besides, I don't think I could stand it never to
> re-read great works like The Lord of the Rings
> again.
>
> Gri"can I read fiction for a living?"shny

Re-reading is great. I always know the full worth of a book if I can read it again and get more out of it. I've re-read LOTR about 30 times, and I'm still re-reading the Dune series (Up to Heretics now), as well as re-reading Catch 22.

ding"remembers reading Heretics of Dune about 10 years ago, but none of it is familiar at all!"dong