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Kalimac · 05-01-2002, 11:38 PM

What stuck with me most vividly were the scenes where Frodo, Sam and Gollum were going over the Dead Marshes, to the Crossroads and then to Cirith Ungol. They made such a vivid impression that I felt like I was there and that it was happening in real time; when they sat down to eat, time slowed down, and when they were trying to escape Shelob I was as breathless while reading it as if I had been running as hard as they. It was startling later on to find out that some readers had found those scenes to be slow and dull; for me they were some of the best and most intense writing I've ever read.

05-01-2002, 11:38 PM	#4
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	What stuck with me most vividly were the scenes where Frodo, Sam and Gollum were going over the Dead Marshes, to the Crossroads and then to Cirith Ungol. They made such a vivid impression that I felt like I was there and that it was happening in real time; when they sat down to eat, time slowed down, and when they were trying to escape Shelob I was as breathless while reading it as if I had been running as hard as they. It was startling later on to find out that some readers had found those scenes to be slow and dull; for me they were some of the best and most intense writing I've ever read. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.