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07-02-2007, 07:43 PM
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
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I look at it as another piece to literature's largest jigsaw puzzle. What is infuriating is that I know the puzzle will never be complete, but like a madman I keep brooding over it.
*The Dark Elf's eyes blink rapidly and there is a slight tremor in his hand* Ummm...what were we talking about?
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07-03-2007, 08:52 AM
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Pittodrie Poltergeist
Join Date: Jan 2007
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I don't know, you may need to read the Silmarillion to get a good idea of what's going on. That's not everybody's cup of tea but I personally love it.
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07-03-2007, 10:58 AM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Hilde - I do love those tales.
Bethberry - Blargy...  Morthoron - If you are referring to a 'collection', then I understand. And I'm trying to stop my materialistic behaviors if it's at all inescapable. Regurgitated story? Then I can hold back. New and improved? Well then... Rune Son of Bjarne - So, it's a good narrative ficitional? Better then the other stories? Elmo - I have already read it (Silm), and enjoyed it. My main question was 'Does it read better then the Silm'. Wait ... maybe it was 'Is it worth it?'. Why buy another version of a tale I already have? -
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07-03-2007, 11:08 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
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Yes. Some characters are just so much deeper, more believable and more lovely in CoH. It's worth the money (especially if you dad's paying some of it
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07-03-2007, 12:06 PM
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Pittodrie Poltergeist
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As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering. Last edited by Elmo; 07-03-2007 at 12:10 PM. |
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07-03-2007, 05:52 PM
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Odinic Wanderer
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What other stories? Stories in genneral or just the stories of Turin ? (like in the Sil) The story of Turin is not my favourit, so in the respect no. Compared to the story of Turin in the Sil it is more detailed and compared to the UT it is more readable. . . I am glad I bought my copy, but I do not regard it as one of those books that you just got to have.
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07-04-2007, 07:29 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Kentucky
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Having read the tale of Turin in The Silmarillion (and I think some of it was featured in Unfinished Tales, or perhaps the Book of Lost Tales Part 1), it is one of the darkest and most depressing stories I have ever read.
Is there anything besides the tale of Turin that would recommend the book to my attentions?
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