Anyone want to join me in a rerun? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-06-2008, 02:25 PM

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Lal - since this was a spontaneous idea of mine, I'm certainly open to suggestions! Yes, I think I will not be able to keep up a daily pace - I could read a chapter a day easily, but posting takes time, as does reading what others (hopefully!) post. It's more likely to be approximately two chapters a week - that would get us through in less than a year.

As to when a next read-through would start, Lommy, well, this one begins 3 1/2 years after the first one did and was totally unplanned, so let's not worry about future discussions yet.

The third point is a very good idea - I'll post new threads about it on several forums to enlist interest.

I'd like to encourage members to post more about their personal thoughts and feelings than mere information - that will keep things fresh, and your own opinion always has validity.

Lalwendë · 01-06-2008, 02:47 PM

That sounds sensible - it wouldn't be as good if everyone ends up taking to themselves, which is what happened 'back in the day' whenever anyone posted on one of the threads months after it had been opened. I always found that quite sad really, as discussion had drawn to a close and then someone would say something interesting and it wouldn't get anywhere

davem just said "Be pretentious and ask if we should use the first edition text or not"...

Folwren · 01-06-2008, 02:57 PM

I just started reading the LotR outloud to my two younger siblings. I may as well join the conversations on the chapters. I'll be slow in reading...the chapters are long, and reading out loud can get difficult after thirty minutes.

But, I'll still join in when I can.

As to Davem - I don't think I have a first edition, and I am reading out my copy, which, I believe, is a third edition...? So, tough - I'm not reading from a first edition.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 01-07-2008, 11:50 PM

I read fast... if I wasn't occupied with other things I would have been done with LotR and TH in less than five days...it took me ten hours of non-stop hobbit and about (well I was just guessing) twelve hours for each of the volumes of LotR!

So start and go, go, go! I can keep up with a chapter a day... but I don't know if many other people could... maybe a chapter every two or three days? Or when the discussion for that particular chapter is dying down?

.... I don't know because I wasn't here in "The Good Ol' Days" so I obviously didn't participate in the original!

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-08-2008, 07:55 AM

Right now I'm thinking of two chapters a week, probably posting on Sunday/Monday and on Wednesday/Thursday. Even if you read faster than that, you could take notes on each chapter and jump in when it comes up!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 01-08-2008, 09:02 AM

Ok... I can respond and go along with you guys too! Besides I have LotR pretty well memorized, I could probably tell you a summary of the chapter with out even looking at it... So we're starting on the weekend you said, I can do that!

alatar · 01-08-2008, 09:09 AM

I've been rereading LotR (usually every fall/winter) and so have started posting when something interesting creeps in.

01-06-2008, 02:25 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Lal - since this was a spontaneous idea of mine, I'm certainly open to suggestions! Yes, I think I will not be able to keep up a daily pace - I could read a chapter a day easily, but posting takes time, as does reading what others (hopefully!) post. It's more likely to be approximately two chapters a week - that would get us through in less than a year. As to when a next read-through would start, Lommy, well, this one begins 3 1/2 years after the first one did and was totally unplanned, so let's not worry about future discussions yet. The third point is a very good idea - I'll post new threads about it on several forums to enlist interest. I'd like to encourage members to post more about their personal thoughts and feelings than mere information - that will keep things fresh, and your own opinion always has validity. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-06-2008, 02:47 PM	#2
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	That sounds sensible - it wouldn't be as good if everyone ends up taking to themselves, which is what happened 'back in the day' whenever anyone posted on one of the threads months after it had been opened. I always found that quite sad really, as discussion had drawn to a close and then someone would say something interesting and it wouldn't get anywhere davem just said "Be pretentious and ask if we should use the first edition text or not"... __________________ Gordon's alive!

01-06-2008, 02:57 PM	#3
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I just started reading the LotR outloud to my two younger siblings. I may as well join the conversations on the chapters. I'll be slow in reading...the chapters are long, and reading out loud can get difficult after thirty minutes. But, I'll still join in when I can. As to Davem - I don't think I have a first edition, and I am reading out my copy, which, I believe, is a third edition...? So, tough - I'm not reading from a first edition. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

01-07-2008, 11:50 PM	#4
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I read fast... if I wasn't occupied with other things I would have been done with LotR and TH in less than five days...it took me ten hours of non-stop hobbit and about (well I was just guessing) twelve hours for each of the volumes of LotR! So start and go, go, go! I can keep up with a chapter a day... but I don't know if many other people could... maybe a chapter every two or three days? Or when the discussion for that particular chapter is dying down? .... I don't know because I wasn't here in "The Good Ol' Days" so I obviously didn't participate in the original! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

01-08-2008, 07:55 AM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Right now I'm thinking of two chapters a week, probably posting on Sunday/Monday and on Wednesday/Thursday. Even if you read faster than that, you could take notes on each chapter and jump in when it comes up! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-08-2008, 09:02 AM	#6
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Ok... I can respond and go along with you guys too! Besides I have LotR pretty well memorized, I could probably tell you a summary of the chapter with out even looking at it... So we're starting on the weekend you said, I can do that! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

01-08-2008, 09:09 AM	#7
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	I've been rereading LotR (usually every fall/winter) and so have started posting when something interesting creeps in. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.