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imin
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Feb 12 2013, 5:47pm

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I always read the hobbit over the xmas break (between Christmas and New Year) - though this year i read it before the movie came out.

I normally read LOTR after that but the past couple of years i have got into combining them by which i mean reading both - one day will be The Silmarillion day, the next LOTR day. I find it helps bring them both even more to life as they bring out the best in each other and gives an even greater sense of depth to the world Tolkien created.

I now also read The Children of Hurin when i get to the appropriate chapter in The Silmarillion so i can get the tale in full as it should be, for it is a fantastic story very much underrated/unknown by most fans of the movies. It also works to ground the stories of The Silmarillion - the language is different with more dialogue and it just makes me think how incredible it would have been if all the stories in the sil could be like this - though obviously would take so long to do! CoH causes me to think more about the stories that come thick and fast in The Sil - along with the topics in the RR :)

I am reading them from my e-book copies and at the same time listening to the audio versions read by Christopher Lee for CoH and Martin Shaw for The Silmarillion - both are fantastic in their readings and perfect choices for those works.

I also went back and listened to the full Tale of Beren and Luthien chapter - i feel it lets my mind wonder if i can just drift my eyes over the words as someone else is saying them to me.

The part where Finrod is in one of the dark pits with Beren on Tol Sirion where he breaks free from his bonds to fight the wolf is very powerful.

has anyone ever seen the Matrix? Where Morpheus is helped captive and there is stirring music as he puts forth all his strength to break the handcuffs and run? this part of the book makes me think of the music playing at that time (in the movie). To me the music combines with it well and allows me to imagine much more than what is actually written - i would love to make a little fan film of Release from Bondage!

Ok sorry i didn't mean this post to get this long!

(This post was edited by imin on Feb 12 2013, 5:49pm)

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Slight jog in my usual smooth reading routine!	Alcarcalime	Feb 12 2013, 4:36pm
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Write as long a post as you like	Lily Fairbairn	Feb 12 2013, 6:17pm
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