I don't really see anywhere to post topics about...you know, just talking...so I'll make one in the General Discussion area!
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Has anyone here read all three of the Lord of the Rings books, and The Silmarillion? I've made a habit out of it: every year, usually in the first few months, I always pick up and read each of the three Lord of the Rings books. J.R.R. Tolkiens works are really amazing, the depth that he goes into in the books. If anyone out there has ever read them, you all know what I'm talking about.
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 03:57 AM
'The Twilight of Man is nigh, and coming ever closer. The days have shortened into cold, forlorn darkness and sunrise to sundown is a bitter struggle for survival. But do not think for a moment that we shall not fight. We shall not go quietly into the dusk. We shall not throw down arms and flee, or surrender. We will go on, we will not falter. And even should we die, we shall make an end that will be remembered for thousands of years. For beautiful Arnor that is, for glorious Númenor that was! We are the Dúnedain, we are the Men of the North, and our foes will remember our steel!'
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 04:12 AM
I've read the Hobbit+Lord of the Rings. I read the Silmarillian once, the summer after my fourth grade year. I found it too confusing and disjointed, and disliked it, but that's probably because it was way out of my league. I thought that since I'd read The Hobbit, I could read any of Tolkien's works and enjoy them. I haven't read any of his other ones. All I remember about The Silmarillian really is the scene where one guy's got a jewel in his hand and his hand gets bitten off, and then he returns to his leader and says that the jewel is within the grasp of his fingers. Oh, and that the Dwarves were created by one of the Valar.
I think Illuvatar is Tom Bombadil. Because if I were Illuvatar, there's nothing I'd like to do more after the hard work of pretty much doing everything than enjoy doing nothing, eating good food, and having a hot chick by my side. At least, that's my impression of Bombadil. But I haven't read any of Tolkien's works in a few years.
I think Illuvatar is Tom Bombadil. Because if I were Illuvatar, there's nothing I'd like to do more after the hard work of pretty much doing everything than enjoy doing nothing, eating good food, and having a hot chick by my side. At least, that's my impression of Bombadil. But I haven't read any of Tolkien's works in a few years.
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 04:22 AM
XD I see...like I said, I love reading LOTR and The Hobbit. After reading The Hobbit, I too felt pretty cocky...I tackled LOTR head on, and I was just kinda in awe. It was so different...The Hobbit felt almost like a kids book, kinda. Then The Lord of the Rings was so dark and cruel, basically, it seemed. Was just kind of like 'Wow...'
I first read the books when I was around, maybe fifteen? Sixteen? Hard for a book that long and tedious (read the Consoul of Elrond and tell me it's not tedious...) to hold the attention of a young teenager, but I went at it anyways. Glad I did too. My brother tried and he didn't make it a hundred and fifty pages in before he put it down and said he couldn't manage it.
I hate it when people watch the movie then think they know everything about the books...anyways, I'm trying to get ahold of The Silmarillion sometime soon, but I can't find a copy of it anywhere. Guess I'm gonna have to hit up eBay.
I first read the books when I was around, maybe fifteen? Sixteen? Hard for a book that long and tedious (read the Consoul of Elrond and tell me it's not tedious...) to hold the attention of a young teenager, but I went at it anyways. Glad I did too. My brother tried and he didn't make it a hundred and fifty pages in before he put it down and said he couldn't manage it.
I hate it when people watch the movie then think they know everything about the books...anyways, I'm trying to get ahold of The Silmarillion sometime soon, but I can't find a copy of it anywhere. Guess I'm gonna have to hit up eBay.
'The Twilight of Man is nigh, and coming ever closer. The days have shortened into cold, forlorn darkness and sunrise to sundown is a bitter struggle for survival. But do not think for a moment that we shall not fight. We shall not go quietly into the dusk. We shall not throw down arms and flee, or surrender. We will go on, we will not falter. And even should we die, we shall make an end that will be remembered for thousands of years. For beautiful Arnor that is, for glorious Númenor that was! We are the Dúnedain, we are the Men of the North, and our foes will remember our steel!'
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 07:45 AM
Thought I should chime in, I've read the Trilogy a number of times. (I didn't count, so I coultdn't tell you.) Read the Hobbit/LotR/Silmarillion I think when I was 13 (16 years ago). Beyond that I've read the Unfinished Tales and most of the volumes of the History of Middle-Earth, though The Lays of Beleriand was not much of an interest other than just reading areas of interest. As a aspiring and yet delusional writer, I must say of all I've read I've probably enjoyed The Return of the Shadow through Sauron Defeated the most. Watching the Lord of the Rings evolving from a sequel the Hobbit to the story it is today is fascinating to me. I lost them some years ago and I've been itching to get my hands on them again to read through them.
Come on, who wouldn't want to play Trotter the Hobbit, fore-runner to Stider the Ranger and heir of Isuldur? So many re-writes and the evolution of the story of the war of the ring....
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Come on, who wouldn't want to play Trotter the Hobbit, fore-runner to Stider the Ranger and heir of Isuldur? So many re-writes and the evolution of the story of the war of the ring....
Robert J.
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 08:18 AM
Glad this topic is actually active! I figured it'd just be a few people posting every once in awhile. I'd love to read the entire LOTR collection...Tolkien had a great mind, it's awesome to really sit back and imagine how well thought out it all was. I mean, this guy literally must have had this entire world in his head, locked away inside of him. To be able to put something like that into words and for it to become nearly as sucessful as it has is a dream I think everyone, on some level, has. I know I for one would love to publish a book, and if I did it would certainly be sci-fi/fantasy. I'll go with fantasy, because when I hear sci-fi I think starships and aliens and warp drives and crap like that. XD
Anyways, yeah, the books are definately literary treasures of this world. I pity people who can't read, just because they'll never get to read about this wonderful world. And it's so much bigger then the movies, too. I was one of the lucky ones, I read the books before I watched the movies. Good stuff...
Anyways, yeah, the books are definately literary treasures of this world. I pity people who can't read, just because they'll never get to read about this wonderful world. And it's so much bigger then the movies, too. I was one of the lucky ones, I read the books before I watched the movies. Good stuff...
Edited by Lord_Faramir, 20 April 2008 - 07:01 PM.
'The Twilight of Man is nigh, and coming ever closer. The days have shortened into cold, forlorn darkness and sunrise to sundown is a bitter struggle for survival. But do not think for a moment that we shall not fight. We shall not go quietly into the dusk. We shall not throw down arms and flee, or surrender. We will go on, we will not falter. And even should we die, we shall make an end that will be remembered for thousands of years. For beautiful Arnor that is, for glorious Númenor that was! We are the Dúnedain, we are the Men of the North, and our foes will remember our steel!'
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 08:36 AM
I've read the Hobbit, the trilogy (of course 
) and the Silmarillion (a long enough time ago that I cannot fully remember the details of the story, so I must read it again) Would love to read the others too, just need to get hold of a copy.
I'm reading Robert Jordan's' The Wheel of Time' series at the moment which are an exciting read, even if it does feel like half the content is ripped straight out of lord of the rings...
Lord_Faramir, did you check out the start of the novel Rob is writting? Its definetly worth a read, its shaping up to be something awesome, and I REALLY wanna know what happens next...
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) and the Silmarillion (a long enough time ago that I cannot fully remember the details of the story, so I must read it again) Would love to read the others too, just need to get hold of a copy.I'm reading Robert Jordan's' The Wheel of Time' series at the moment which are an exciting read, even if it does feel like half the content is ripped straight out of lord of the rings...
Lord_Faramir, did you check out the start of the novel Rob is writting? Its definetly worth a read, its shaping up to be something awesome, and I REALLY wanna know what happens next...
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 08:45 AM
I've read the trilogy, The Hobbit, the Sillmmarilion the Unfinished tales and The Children of Hurin..that's all.
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 12:43 PM
I read the trilogy and hobbit when I was eight, started sil bit it was way out of my league I reread the trilogy every summer, and am reading the hobbit now.
I reread the trilogy every summer, and am reading the hobbit now.
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 01:36 PM
ive read the hobbit and the trilogy (cant remember when, perhaps when i was 13?), but the silmarillion is the best! also read a bit of the unfinished tales. been meaning to reread it all, but i never get around to it.
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 03:45 PM
Read Hobbit when I was 9 and Lotr Trilogy when I was... 12? Anyway just bought the Silmarillion and Children of Hurin so will read that soon (when I've devoured all the Stephen King books
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 07:01 PM
I read The Hobbit and the LotR trilogy a few years ago... Come to think of it, I should read them again soon.
I want to read the Silmmarilion and Children of Hurin, but I'm out of money right now.
The End of the Third Age is pretty cool too.
I want to read the Silmmarilion and Children of Hurin, but I'm out of money right now.
The End of the Third Age is pretty cool too.
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Posted 20 April 2008 - 10:37 PM
The Wheel of Time was quite good. I stopped reading it some time ago (was tired of waiting 1 1/2 years - 2 yrs between novels), so the last I read was Crown of Swords and was going to wait for it to be complete before I started again (I've read -1-3/1-4/1-5 so many times). It'll be odd to have someone else other than Jordan (James Oliver Rigney) now that he passed away. It's a shame he could not live to finish it.
Other series I'd completely recommend:
Belgariad/Mallorean by David Eddings
Sparhawk's 2 series by David Eddings
I've enjoyed Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Materials (hehe started reading Golden Compass with an advanced readers copy when I worked for Barnes & Noble
), Discworld books are fun, and I can't seem to find it but Roger Zelansky or some name like that created a series of 10 books where they would travel through time and universes. Something Amber. That was fun.
If you like Sci-Fi and you haven't checked out the Ender and Bean books, you really have missed out.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is one of my favorites by far, and Speaker for the Dead I actually like more.
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Other series I'd completely recommend:
Belgariad/Mallorean by David Eddings
Sparhawk's 2 series by David Eddings
I've enjoyed Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Materials (hehe started reading Golden Compass with an advanced readers copy when I worked for Barnes & Noble
), Discworld books are fun, and I can't seem to find it but Roger Zelansky or some name like that created a series of 10 books where they would travel through time and universes. Something Amber. That was fun.If you like Sci-Fi and you haven't checked out the Ender and Bean books, you really have missed out.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is one of my favorites by far, and Speaker for the Dead I actually like more.
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 12:28 AM
I've read Ender's Game, it was a few years back so....I don't really remember. I think I remember some parts but not clearly.
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 04:47 AM
I've read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and all the connected books. They were quite good. I'm thankful that Card kept his religion out of his books, with the exception of the The Memory of Earth series, which was significantly better written than the Book of Mormon itself.
I read the Chronicles of Narnia. Once. They were too Christian for me. I never read them again.
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I'm currently on a non-fiction reading streak. I just finished Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and am currently reading Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion. I'm going to read Rand's Anthem next, and then The Origin of Species.
I used to like The Dragonriders of Pern when I was in fifth and sixth grade. But it eventually just felt like the same story over and over and I never read all of them.
Piers Anthony's Split Infinity (and the rest of the series) is a great mix of fantasy and sci-fi.
I read the Chronicles of Narnia. Once. They were too Christian for me. I never read them again.
Yo tengo catorce años. And my Spanish is pretty limited.
I'm currently on a non-fiction reading streak. I just finished Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and am currently reading Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion. I'm going to read Rand's Anthem next, and then The Origin of Species.
I used to like The Dragonriders of Pern when I was in fifth and sixth grade. But it eventually just felt like the same story over and over and I never read all of them.
Piers Anthony's Split Infinity (and the rest of the series) is a great mix of fantasy and sci-fi.
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 05:21 AM
As non-fiction goes, I don't think I've read anything more fascinating the Guns, Germs, & Steel. That is exactly the subject matter that's always interested me the most. Undaunted Courage was enoyable and others I've read.
With Orson Scott Card, outside the Ender/Bean series he was always a single novel writer that more stringed together individual books together with common charachters rather than a series writer. Seventh Son, Red Prophet, etc. were good books, but each one felt like a different series than common thread until the 4th book returned to the story-line.
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With Orson Scott Card, outside the Ender/Bean series he was always a single novel writer that more stringed together individual books together with common charachters rather than a series writer. Seventh Son, Red Prophet, etc. were good books, but each one felt like a different series than common thread until the 4th book returned to the story-line.
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 10:42 AM
I've read the lotr trilogie, the hobbit, the children of Hurin and the silmarillion. Still want to read unfinished tales but cant seem to find a copy anywhere :/
Other fantasy books ive read where books from ''the dwarves'' trilogy by markus heitz(german writer) and i like the Eragon story. I agree the movie of it kinda sucked but i love the books =)
anyway from all of the books ive read, i love lord of the rings the best and cant seem to stop reading it =)
Other fantasy books ive read where books from ''the dwarves'' trilogy by markus heitz(german writer) and i like the Eragon story. I agree the movie of it kinda sucked but i love the books =)
anyway from all of the books ive read, i love lord of the rings the best and cant seem to stop reading it =)
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 12:04 PM
same as myster, just without eragon ( thx to the film, newer had any wish to read it )
and for LOTR i read it coz i was curios, but aint my fawourites ( though hobbit was good, and silmarilion wasnt bad either )
+ like 226 ( or/propably more ) other fantasie/sci fy/whatever books ( mostly fantasy ).
( the best of them were readed multiple times )
and for LOTR i read it coz i was curios, but aint my fawourites ( though hobbit was good, and silmarilion wasnt bad either )
+ like 226 ( or/propably more ) other fantasie/sci fy/whatever books ( mostly fantasy ).
( the best of them were readed multiple times )
"Let this scar signify the first blow against the mortal world."
"From this seal shall arise the doom of men,"
"who, in their arrogance, sought to wield our fire as their own."
"Blindly they build their kingdoms upon stolen knowledge and conceit."
"Now they shall be consumed by the very flame they sought to control."
"Let the echoes of doom resound across this wretched world, that all who live may hear them and despair."
"Tremble, mortals, and despair! Doom has come to this world!"
"From this seal shall arise the doom of men,"
"who, in their arrogance, sought to wield our fire as their own."
"Blindly they build their kingdoms upon stolen knowledge and conceit."
"Now they shall be consumed by the very flame they sought to control."
"Let the echoes of doom resound across this wretched world, that all who live may hear them and despair."
"Tremble, mortals, and despair! Doom has come to this world!"
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 12:34 PM
I'm not much of a non-fiction reader, it kind of bores me.
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I've read The Children of Hurin, I have it in my bookshelf next to me. The story wasn't that bad but I like the Hobbit better.
Ravnin IV is 14. I know some spanish too, but not too well.
I've read The Children of Hurin, I have it in my bookshelf next to me. The story wasn't that bad but I like the Hobbit better.
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 01:28 PM
Eragon was an ok book, but the movie was horrible. One of those movies that didn't exactly follow the book.
I have Enders Game, but haven't read it yet.
I have Enders Game, but haven't read it yet.
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Posted 21 April 2008 - 04:45 PM
I read Eragon and was appalled by it, didn't like it. Liked His Dark Materials, and love books by Stephen King/Dean Koontz/James Herbert. They're great.
Non fictional books I read were about evil dictators and the like.
Non fictional books I read were about evil dictators and the like.
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