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02-12-2003, 10:10 AM

I'm quite new to Lord of the Rings. I need someone to give me some basic need to knows about LOTR. Also, if anyone knows about Audio Books could u please let me know? If you have Kazaa, can u download them on there???

Meela · 02-12-2003, 10:51 AM

what sort of basic need to knows?

and sorry, but i cant help u on the audio thing

eleanor_niphredil · 02-12-2003, 11:01 AM

Ta da! you ask, I find. Audio Books.
http://www.tolkientown.com/shop/defa...=22&PHPSESSID=

Beren87 · 02-12-2003, 11:18 AM

As much as you should buy the audio books because its legal.. you can download them on Kazaa. But why are you listening to Tolkien? I've the audio books, and trust me, its a much better experience to read them

eleanor_niphredil · 02-12-2003, 11:20 AM

I personally cannot stand the audio. I hate the way that Pippin and merry sound so posh, and Aragon has a lispe. No offence to anyone with a lispe, but Aragorn thon of Arathorn doesnt sound quite right.

[ February 12, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ]

Beren87 · 02-12-2003, 11:26 AM

Oh god I just laughed so hard....

I would suggest buying a Tolkien guide or encyclopedia if you're really serious.

LePetitChoux · 02-12-2003, 01:10 PM

Have you read the books? That usually helps... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Rynoah, the Overly-Happy · 02-12-2003, 03:15 PM

I hate audio books. Better to read them and get my own idea of what a character sounds like than to have it dictated to me by some guy getting paid to talk to a tape recorder. I'm serious. Read the books: it's such a better experience. If you don't have the time to sit down and read them, wait until you do.

Meela · 02-12-2003, 03:41 PM

because i have problems with reading (ie. i read a sentence but dont take it in) i intend to buy the audion cassettes and play them while im sleeping. hopefully ill wake up quoting whole chapters of The Hobbit!

Beren87 · 02-12-2003, 03:48 PM

It generally doesn't work....especially if your a deep sleeper. And around the REM period of sleep you don't remember anything.

If you must buy the audio books, at least listen to them while sitting down and paying attention to them.

[ February 12, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

eleanor_niphredil · 02-12-2003, 03:50 PM

I listened to them on a journey down to Cornwall. It is really relaxing, and passed the time well.

Beren87 · 02-12-2003, 03:58 PM

Exactly, except you tend to get sidetracked at certain parts...miss a few exits...end up in another country...yes, must be careful.

eleanor_niphredil · 02-14-2003, 01:50 AM

when you end up in London instead of Cornwall, then Wales, then the wrong part of Cornwall, its time to turn them off! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Naldoriathil · 02-14-2003, 11:06 AM

Personally, I have no problem with the Audios. They are quite a good way of passing the time on a long journey. Sometimes their voices can be annoying, but I recommend the BBC audio's. Frodo is read by Ian Holm, who played Bilbo in the movie, and he sounds just right. I have read the books so I can tell you that it doesn't ruin the story, although the books are still better! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

02-12-2003, 10:10 AM	#1
patriarch_nova7 Guest Posts: n/a	Lost I'm quite new to Lord of the Rings. I need someone to give me some basic need to knows about LOTR. Also, if anyone knows about Audio Books could u please let me know? If you have Kazaa, can u download them on there???

02-12-2003, 10:51 AM	#2
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	what sort of basic need to knows? and sorry, but i cant help u on the audio thing __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

02-12-2003, 11:01 AM	#3
eleanor_niphredil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: england Posts: 805	Ta da! you ask, I find. Audio Books. http://www.tolkientown.com/shop/defa...=22&PHPSESSID= __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to spend my time on this forum. And by the way, for any of you turning into a penguin, stop it. ~* I am Pippin took in the Female Fellowship*~

02-12-2003, 11:20 AM	#5
eleanor_niphredil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: england Posts: 805	I personally cannot stand the audio. I hate the way that Pippin and merry sound so posh, and Aragon has a lispe. No offence to anyone with a lispe, but Aragorn thon of Arathorn doesnt sound quite right. [ February 12, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ] __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to spend my time on this forum. And by the way, for any of you turning into a penguin, stop it. ~* I am Pippin took in the Female Fellowship*~

02-12-2003, 01:10 PM	#7
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	Have you read the books? That usually helps... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

02-12-2003, 11:18 AM	#4
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	As much as you should buy the audio books because its legal.. you can download them on Kazaa. But why are you listening to Tolkien? I've the audio books, and trust me, its a much better experience to read them

02-12-2003, 11:26 AM	#6
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Oh god I just laughed so hard.... I would suggest buying a Tolkien guide or encyclopedia if you're really serious.

02-12-2003, 03:15 PM	#8
Rynoah, the Overly-Happy Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 474	I hate audio books. Better to read them and get my own idea of what a character sounds like than to have it dictated to me by some guy getting paid to talk to a tape recorder. I'm serious. Read the books: it's such a better experience. If you don't have the time to sit down and read them, wait until you do. __________________ Spook the spook of spookish spookdom to spook the spooked spookers. ?!?! This isn't Osgiliath! Do the wave for Boromir the Disco King! Eat squid for Boromir the Disco King!

02-12-2003, 03:41 PM	#9
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	because i have problems with reading (ie. i read a sentence but dont take it in) i intend to buy the audion cassettes and play them while im sleeping. hopefully ill wake up quoting whole chapters of The Hobbit! __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

02-12-2003, 03:48 PM	#10
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	It generally doesn't work....especially if your a deep sleeper. And around the REM period of sleep you don't remember anything. If you must buy the audio books, at least listen to them while sitting down and paying attention to them. [ February 12, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

02-12-2003, 03:50 PM	#11
eleanor_niphredil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: england Posts: 805	I listened to them on a journey down to Cornwall. It is really relaxing, and passed the time well. __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to spend my time on this forum. And by the way, for any of you turning into a penguin, stop it. ~* I am Pippin took in the Female Fellowship*~

02-12-2003, 03:58 PM	#12
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Exactly, except you tend to get sidetracked at certain parts...miss a few exits...end up in another country...yes, must be careful.

02-14-2003, 01:50 AM	#13
eleanor_niphredil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: england Posts: 805	when you end up in London instead of Cornwall, then Wales, then the wrong part of Cornwall, its time to turn them off! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to spend my time on this forum. And by the way, for any of you turning into a penguin, stop it. ~* I am Pippin took in the Female Fellowship*~

02-14-2003, 11:06 AM	#14
Naldoriathil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 71	Personally, I have no problem with the Audios. They are quite a good way of passing the time on a long journey. Sometimes their voices can be annoying, but I recommend the BBC audio's. Frodo is read by Ian Holm, who played Bilbo in the movie, and he sounds just right. I have read the books so I can tell you that it doesn't ruin the story, although the books are still better! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ "He is Aragorn, Son of Arathorn, Heir to the Throne of Gondor!"