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Curious
Half-elven
Mar 12 2007, 8:09pm
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Would anyone be interested in a Reading-Room style discussion of an Off-Topic book?
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If so, please respond here.
(This post was edited by Kimi on Mar 13 2007, 12:05am)
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FarFromHome
Valinor
Mar 12 2007, 8:45pm
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I'd certainly be interested in taking part. We couldn't expect to get the same depth of discussion, though, since people presumably wouldn't be familiar with the book beforehand. But that might be a good thing, for a change!
...and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew,
and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth;
and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore
glimmered and was lost.
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a.s.
Valinor
Mar 12 2007, 9:11pm
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except maybe for a few "classics", I can't imagine doing a chapter by chapter "analysis" as we do for LOTR. But I would definately be interested in doing this.
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Everybody's wondering what and where they all came from.
Everybody's worried 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.
No one knows for certain, and so it's all the same to me:
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
~~~~Iris DeMent
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Moriel
The Shire
Mar 12 2007, 9:42pm
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I having been in here for a while, so forgive me if it has been done already, but Beowulf seems like a logical choice since it is both a classic and is very Tolkien related.
Or how about Icelandic sagas? Many of them can be found in translation online which would allow everyone easy access to the same text. http://omacl.org/language.html
And there are always Tolkien's translations of Pearl, Sir Orfeo, and Sir Gawain and the Green Night.
Moriel - the Daughter of the Dark
Serving your wiseacre needs since the blooming of the Trees.
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Moriel
The Shire
Mar 12 2007, 9:45pm
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It is a very good fantasy that owes a lot to Tolkien. Indeed many of the concepts in the book are taken directly from LOTR (magic ring, fiery mountain, immortal evil being regaining his power, etc) but Donaldson manages to create a world and a story that is unique and wonderful in it's own right.
Moriel - the Daughter of the Dark
Serving your wiseacre needs since the blooming of the Trees.
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Curious
Half-elven
Mar 12 2007, 9:50pm
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Please respond in the Off Topic Board, as originally requested.
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The admins asked me to keep the discussion on that board. I know, I contributed to the problem by replying to a.s. on this board, but I will not do so in the future. I would appreciate it if everyone who responded on this board could do so again on the Off Topic Board. Thanks.
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Stapper
Lorien
Mar 12 2007, 10:01pm
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Which I find very hard to read.Middle English's a bit easier (one advantage of a mandatory Middle English literature course where texts are set which do not have a modern English translation).
But then, I won't be the only one being too good reading older texts. Which brings me to translations into modern English. We'd all need the same translation on order to be able to compare properly... different editors might translate or phrase things differently, after all. Yes, they are available online -- but is the quality any good?
Belinda's law: The chance a computer crashes is proportional to the importance of the document you're working on
FOTR:50 links / Samwise's cookbook / TORn birthday calendar / 'Things you never (want to) hear people say' list
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Stapper
Lorien
Mar 12 2007, 10:06pm
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Then it's easier to all find copies with little to no variety in the text. The older (or rarer) the text, the higher the odds people will have very different varieties of the same basic text. This could make discussion fun in terms of comparison, but also complicate things because different wording can alter people's perception of what they read.
Just a suggestion...
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FOTR:50 links / Samwise's cookbook / TORn birthday calendar / 'Things you never (want to) hear people say' list
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FarFromHome
Valinor
Mar 12 2007, 10:13pm
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that 'here' in your post was a link! I thought you actually meant here.
...and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew,
and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth;
and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore
glimmered and was lost.
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Foe
Lorien
Mar 12 2007, 10:35pm
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I've tried to get into "Lord Foul's Bane" a few times and lose it around the same part each time. This might help me out. Good choice!
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Kimi
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Mar 12 2007, 11:05pm
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so that no one else accidentally replies here rather than on Off Topic (that looks odd). Anyone who's responded here and hasn't yet re-done their response on Off Topic might like to do just that, then I can do a tidy-up.
I'm also going to ask Altaira if links can be made more visible :-)
  
Promises to Keep: a novel set in 19th Century New Zealand.
The Passing of Mistress Rose
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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