Originally posted by Elessea
Dude, you know what would be cool? (Or maybe I'm just weird and think it would be cool because I just started re-reading FotR) But wayyy back like a year and a bit ago Exa and I were talking, and she was telling me about this thing they did on another Lord of the Rings forum, where everyone would start re-reading the trilogy again, like a chapter a week (or any other timeframe) and then everyone would extensivly discuss that chapter, different texts/ideas/questions or anything that comes up from the reading. And It would give us something new to discuss, and it would be kind of fun to all be reading the same thing at the same time.I don't know. But it seemed cool when I heard about it, and part of me has been wanting to do it. But I don't know if you guys were interested in something like this at all, or not. I know there's only a few of us that hang around here now. but yeah.
That's enough babbling on my part for now. Being sick in bed leaves too much time for thinking 😛 So Off to sleep I shalt go.
goodnight, dears! 🍺
Yeah....count me out. 😛
Originally posted by The Secret Fire
CoH - I bought it solely for the art work. God Lee is brilliant.
I bought it for the story....I prefer Howe, myself....the only thing I disliked was what I felt to be overhype - like there was so much that was going to be new, when a huge chunk of it was just reedited from what was in UT....but I loved it, nonetheless.
"Great stuff"? Like what? 😕
BTW: Don't say Narnia, because that is some of the most uninspiring allegory/Biblical-reinterpretation that I've ever read....
BTW2: Don't say his theological writings, which were mostly gathered from his discourses with Tolkien and Dyson.
BTW3: Don't say his philological writings, which were mostly uninspiring and pale in comparison to that of others....
BTW4: These are just my opinions, so try not to care what I say. 😛
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IMHO, there isn't a problem with the way in which The Silmarillion was written - the problem resides within the being of modern readers themselves. Modern readers are so used to reading texts centred around a few characters and in a (comparatively) fixed setting, it's ridiculous. It's not a wonder so many people find themselves detached from the old works....
From a narrative stance, Silm. is much like the texts from which it is supposed to be comparable to - ancient histories and treatises, such as Saxo Grammaticus' work Gesta Danorum, as well as more modern fiction, such as Sturluson's Snorra Edda or Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
I have nothing against the Silm. Because I adore my copy. My problem is the fact that it's not a "pick-upand-go" quick read. And I don't have much time to sit down at home and read. I have a few minutes here and there spare time at work, or on the bus, and fast-paced novels tend to be better for that type of reading. Plus the pictures and things distract me, as i said before...and Its such a pretty copy that I refuse to take it out of the house lest I hurt it.
And C.S. Lewis? Whatever you want to say about how it's a crappy biblical allegory, fine. you may be right. But as a novel just to read for enjoyment? I ADORE the Narnia books, especially Lion, Witch, Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and my all time favorite: Dawn Treader. My dad used to read them to me as a kid, and, like with Harry Potter, I grew up with them, and it was just something I loved from the beginning. And I feel the same about the movies they are making. They may not be great, lotr quality, or portray the book well, but I will go see them all the same because.
Originally posted by Melcórë
I bought it for the story....I prefer Howe, myself....the only thing I disliked was what I felt to be overhype - like there was so much that was going to be new, when a huge chunk of it was just reedited from what was in UT....but I loved it, nonetheless.
I knew the story would be for the most part regurgitated (I mean Tolkien isn't around to make any new material!) but I would buy it if it had but one full page sketch/painting by Lee or Howe. I do also prefer Howe by far but Lee is a genius. There's a serenity about his work, I think Jackson called it poetry and he couldn't be any more right.
Originally posted by Elessea
I have nothing against the Silm. Because I adore my copy. My problem is the fact that it's not a "pick-upand-go" quick read. And I don't have much time to sit down at home and read. I have a few minutes here and there spare time at work, or on the bus, and fast-paced novels tend to be better for that type of reading. Plus the pictures and things distract me, as i said before...and Its such a pretty copy that I refuse to take it out of the house lest I hurt it.And C.S. Lewis? Whatever you want to say about how it's a crappy biblical allegory, fine. you may be right. But as a novel just to read for enjoyment? I ADORE the Narnia books, especially Lion, Witch, Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and my all time favorite: Dawn Treader. My dad used to read them to me as a kid, and, like with Harry Potter, I grew up with them, and it was just something I loved from the beginning. And I feel the same about the movies they are making. They may not be great, lotr quality, or portray the book well, but I will go see them all the same because.
LOL
I told you not to care what I said.... 😛
Maybe it's because I didn't grow up with them; or maybe it's just because I can't get over the fact that he wrote an entire series based on Biblical allusion - nevertheless, I'm not a fan.
That being said, as far as children's literature goes....well, I s'pose it isn't that bad....although, of course, I prefered Hob. and HP much more....I enjoyed the film-version well enough....
Originally posted by The Secret Fire
I knew the story would be for the most part regurgitated (I mean Tolkien isn't around to make any new material!) but I would buy it if it had but one full page sketch/painting by Lee or Howe. I do also prefer Howe by far but Lee is a genius. There's a serenity about his work, I think Jackson called it poetry and he couldn't be any more right.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I enjoy Lee - the pictures found throughout the novel are amazing! But Howe's impression of Glaurung ruined my own perception of him, and Lee's interpretation was far too....slender, snake-like.