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Aragalen the Green
Mithlond
Dec 29 2012, 4:46pm
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I would like to participate :)
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It might help me get over the names stumbling block, and gain some new insights into the text 
" Well well!", said a voice. "Just look! Bilbo the hobbit on a pony, my dear! Isn't it delicious!"
"Most astonishing wonderful!"
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dormouse
Gondolin
Dec 29 2012, 7:05pm
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I think 'Unfinished Tales' would be fun....
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I keep stumbling across things from that which I'd forgotten.
But if there's a Silmarillion discussion I'll try to join in, work permitting.
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Ardamírë
Doriath
Dec 29 2012, 9:51pm
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How about something even less formal?
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What if we just start a discussion on the Ainulindale. When it falls off page one, we can begin a new topic about it, or more onto the next chapter if we're done.
When the thread gets near the end of the page, anyone who wants to volunteer for the next thread is free to do so. What do you think?
Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima! Hail Eärendil, brightest of stars!
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Heatherleawv
Nevrast
Dec 30 2012, 2:14am
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liked the section on Beren and Luthien as well!
BTW, I have been on a lot of different forums and I really appreciate the friendliness of the One Ring Boards!
(This post was edited by Heatherleawv on Dec 30 2012, 2:16am)
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callumtaylor90
Lindon
Dec 30 2012, 2:18am
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I looked for suggested forums, but I heard about no others!!
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Ardamírë
Doriath
Dec 30 2012, 2:57am
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Beren & Luthien is simply a wonderful chapter. Of Turin Turambar is even more stunning and amazing, but in a different way. Hope you enjoy it, too!
And I'm glad you're enjoying TORn. I definitely agree - the friendliness is one of the best parts of being here.
Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima! Hail Eärendil, brightest of stars!
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CuriousG
Gondolin
Dec 30 2012, 4:59am
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While I normally am Lawful and like Order, I think a more organic approach might work. We can start out and see how it goes. Maybe if a lot of people join in, we should start divvying up the chapters and scheduling things more, but if we start out unstructured, and we don't get the response we'd like to continue it, or if we have long pauses between chapters, then no one would be disappointed. What do others think?
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noWizardme
Gondolin
Dec 30 2012, 9:24am
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I'll give it a go too ("we are the elves who begin with F"!)
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I tried and failed to read it as a LOTR- obsessed teen (about 35 years ago) Would be good to try again. It's a very strange book:
"One does not simply read the Silmarilion. It's pleasures are guarded by more than arcane language. There is a creation myth which sends many to sleep, and the great lists of elves beginning With F are ever confusing. Then there's Beren in a wasteland...but with a Reading Room, you could do this- it'll be fun."
Anyway you need someone to ask stupid questions on this kind of expedition..... Book club... Thing?
When do we start?
PS - also like the idea of doing unfinished tales, but a lot if that would be easier to understand post- Sil
PPS- "we are the elves who begin with F" sounds wonderfully Monty Python
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Sam20
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Jan 8 2013, 12:59am
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@callimtaylor90 If you've but a dim memory of LOTR and The Hobbit you should probably reread them to get familiar with the stories again. But you're not constricted to do so. I've heard of fans that have read The Silmarillion as their first Tolkien book. Pherhaps it won't affect you especially as you already have some knowledge of Middle-Earth and the writting style of Tolkien. As for me, I read it after The Hobbit and LOTR and continued the journey with Unfinished Tales.
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callumtaylor90
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Jan 8 2013, 7:54am
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The Hobbit recently. Finished it again a few weeks ago. But I will admit its been years since I finished LOTR.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Elvenhome
Jan 9 2013, 12:09am
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You might enjoy "Unfinished Tales"
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Parts of it (Like "The Quest of Erebor") tie in and give a lot of good background for The Hobbit and LotR. I found it a lot more readable than the Sil. If you liked the Appendices in LotR, then you'll like the Sil.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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callumtaylor90
Lindon
Jan 9 2013, 9:49pm
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But I think I just need to give it a go. If its too much of a complicated read I might refresh with LOTR.
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CuriousG
Gondolin
Jan 10 2013, 4:55am
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We are dissecting each chapter now, in case that helps.//
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Malveth
Ossiriand
Jan 11 2013, 4:27pm
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But follow up with UT, CH, & H.O.M.E. to get the full picture.
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callumtaylor90
Lindon
Jan 11 2013, 5:11pm
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Your discussion will become my master notes...
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And I will just have to keep referring to them I think. *printing pages*
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