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Fading Fëanorion
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: into the flood again
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The Silmarillion in one word
I'm a little surprised nobody made a thread like this after the two other 'in one word' went so well.
Since the Sil is not as universally loved as the LotR, I'm looking forward to some controversy! ![]() I'll be starting with: Terse (hope it means what I think it means, since I had to look for a fitting word in a dictionary...) ![]() |
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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Formidable
(Great idea, Mac!)
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Shade of Carn Dűm
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom
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Mythic
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
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Glacial
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Byronic Brand
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Fateful
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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(a) jewel
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
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Splintered
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Cryptic Aura
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I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away. |
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Not to buck the system, but in lieu of having to post thrice, here are my three one words:
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Corpus Cacophonous
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: A green and pleasant land
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demanding
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Bold
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Guard of the Citadel
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oxon
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lore
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Banshee of Camelot
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Switzerland
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Doomed !
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Hauntress of the Havens
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: IN it, but not OF it
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nakakapagpabagabag
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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'l' of a story.
(Note, I perpetually omit the first 'l' of the jewels' name.)
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I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away. Last edited by Bęthberry; 03-04-2007 at 04:56 PM. |
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Bleak
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Several one-word descriptions of the book that I can think of.
Tragedy Destiny History Bible But if I had to sum it all up, I would say lumenyáre.
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one word to rule them all
Revelation
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Newly Deceased
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Emotional
The Silmarillion reads like a collection of legends and myths. Stories of this kind often carry a message that hits at a visceral level. And so many things in it are larger than life, like Feanor's passionate reactions to events. Last edited by Ren the Unclean; 03-16-2011 at 07:22 PM. |
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: In the Tower of Elostirion with my new Palantir
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After reading a couple of the more detailed and polished 1st age stories in Unfinished Tales, The Silmarillion seems quite 'rough', as in rough draft outline, but even that is brilliant.
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