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Post by Lizzie on Aug 10, 2006 17:37:23 GMT 10
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Post by Paul on Aug 14, 2006 9:33:51 GMT 10
im gonna read the books again i think, not read them since well before the films came out,
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Post by Bre on Aug 14, 2006 11:19:37 GMT 10
Good plan Paul. I'm starting the Silmarillion again. I have to brush up on my Tolkien knowledge.
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Post by Glenn on Aug 14, 2006 22:33:22 GMT 10
You just wanna beat me at your quiz doncha Bre I hardly seem to have time to read any more otherwise i would start LotR again
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Post by Bre on Aug 15, 2006 5:17:02 GMT 10
Bah! I'm already beating you!
And there's always time for LotR.. geez.
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Post by Paul on Aug 15, 2006 6:32:52 GMT 10
the silmarillion, i really cant get into that book, i cant read it for more than half an hour, think i may syart on the hobbit, thats a nice easy read lol
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Post by Bre on Aug 15, 2006 8:53:52 GMT 10
bah! You're missing out. The Silm has some of the best stories I've ever heard in my life.
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Post by Paul on Aug 22, 2006 7:04:55 GMT 10
ok bre ive brought the silm, i'll blame you if i hate it, cos id of never read it if you hadent stuck up for it so much, lol
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Post by Bre on Aug 22, 2006 8:43:10 GMT 10
Lol yay! You won't regret it. I hope...
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Post by Beck on Apr 5, 2007 19:15:28 GMT 10
Ah massive off topicness lol! So of those who have read LOTR what did we all think? I am personally not a fan of the books at all, wonderful story - bollocks writing
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Post by Lizzie on Apr 5, 2007 22:56:15 GMT 10
Yeah the story is awesome, the book is just really hard to get through. All those songs! I skipped most of them.
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Post by Jake on Jul 11, 2007 23:12:33 GMT 10
I like the books. There are parts that could be skipped but as a whole book I enjoy reading them.
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Post by Beck on Jul 16, 2007 12:34:16 GMT 10
Really? I can't enjoy them BECAUSE of the longwindedness I've already agreed that they are great stories - woefully written.
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Post by Allan on Jul 17, 2007 14:46:40 GMT 10
I agree, though I think the stories themselves are still a little overrated.
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Post by Bre on Jul 17, 2007 16:08:02 GMT 10
They're the most unique and in-depth stories I've ever read. I agree that Tolkien is a little too descriptive but I think he just had all that stuff in his mind that he had to write it. I have yet to read anything with a better story and better character developments.
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Post by Allan on Jul 17, 2007 17:50:47 GMT 10
I would love to know what was going on in Tolkien's head when he wrote it. As overrated as I think the trilogy is, I think he did just have to write what was in his mind. He pictured a huge world, and just had to incorporate as much of it - in explicit detail - as he could. And considering that when he was asked to write a follow up to The Hobbit, it was only supposed to be one book, it does seem like his imagination got the better of him.
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Post by Bre on Jul 18, 2007 14:46:47 GMT 10
He was always writing LotR since he was young - writing about middle earth anyway. And yeah he did want it to be one book because overall it is one big story, but the publishers thought it was too long, rightfully so. He sure did have a lot on his mind.
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Post by Allan on Jul 18, 2007 15:00:43 GMT 10
Yeah, it was just ideas spilling all over the place. And thank God the publishers didn't think that it would make a good single book - it would be a nightmare (and would no doubt make a very effective weapon).
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Post by Bre on Jul 18, 2007 15:14:43 GMT 10
They have some copies of it all as one book. It's cool looking but I wouldn't like to read it. I like the three separate. It's easier to read.
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Post by Beck on Jan 14, 2008 13:02:36 GMT 10
A good book is easy to read in any format I'd hate to read one that big though all in one go, unless it was a can't-put-down kinda book. LOTR is not one of those.
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