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Old 03-17-2008, 04:48 AM   #1
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The recent forum server difficulties and my busy schedule have combined to delay my posts to the LotR CbC threads. For those who are eagerly awaiting, I apologize - I will do my best to post once this week (Chapter 11); further updates from me will have to wait until after the Easter holiday weekend. Thanks to Legate for his contribution to the thread which I skipped in my confusion! As always, anyone is welcome to post on the next threads without waiting for me.
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Old 04-05-2008, 04:49 AM   #2
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As I am very busy with preparations for an upcoming Tolkien event, I have asked Legate to help out by posting introductions to the LotR CbC discussions. I do hope you will all join in so that he isn't left alone - thanks! I'll be active again in a few weeks.
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Old 08-31-2008, 12:14 PM   #3
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Is this still going, or does anyone want to start again?
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Old 08-31-2008, 12:18 PM   #4
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I might join. It has been a too long time I read the books the last time but just browsing through old discussions while one reads himself would feel kind of weird.
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Hi Groin, Nogrod and Eonwe,

sounds good to get some more involvement going!

Readthrough 2 seems to have stalled a bit after a gallant start from Esty and noble work by Legate. I tried to catch up but you know how it is! It would certainly be good to get it going again.

Legate, Esty - comments?

ah, cross post with Legate

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Readthrough 2 seems to have stalled a bit after a gallant start from Esty and noble work by Legate.
I think one of the problems with this kind of things is that people set the bar too high... I mean they're too gallant and if they then can't make it with the standards they have set themselves the thread dies.

So how aobut no-one takes the kind of responsibility of alone providing the "base-text" / introduction (like it seems to be done in so many "read-along"-threads here) but we could either just a) make a deal about the intervals between the chapters and anyone could post (like a week to read and a week to discuss that or something), or b) the responsibility of the laying the groundwork for the discussion of each chapter would change so that no one would need to carry that task alone?

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I tried to catch up but you know how it is! It would certainly be good to get it going again.
Catching up is the impossible. I tried it with the BBC radio adaptation discussion but never managed to read all there had been before as the discussion was lively and so even if I listened to the whole thing myself a month later or so I never wrote a post there as I was soo out of the discussion.
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Well... I must confess that I wanted to finish at least the second book (as we planned with Esty), but was probably too demoralized as no one seemed to follow, and then the holidays started - but I think if there are people willing to continue, I am all ready to go! I believe we had one or two (hmm, or maybe two or three, I remember at least the Mirror, but not sure about anything after it) chapters left till the end of the Fellowship, and then the TT are coming.

So, in any case, yes, is there anyone else who's willing to go? When do we start?
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