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Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001
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i picked it up, tryed to read it, then put it down.
i tryed to read it. i failed (sob) my mom sayed that it was a bit deep for a 12 year old but noooooooo i just had to try i just KNEW that if i could read the lotr books i could strugle thrugh it. (sigh)
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Queen of Nargothrond
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Re: i picked it up, tryed to read it, then put it down.
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![]() it's my belief that everyone abandons the Sil the first time around. Go back in a couple years, I gaurantee you'll devour it
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jul 2001
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I read it when I was 12 Tesseract, the Ainulindale and Valaquenta are hard to read, but it only gets easier later on. You can do it!
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001
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uhhhhhhh first four chapters? i didnt evan make it through the first four pages.......
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Re: i picked it up, tryed to read it, then put it down.
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001
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By fake maps I mean maps that aren't of Earth
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Elven Lady of Speed-posting
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I'm only halfway through it right now...and I've had it for four whole weeks as of yesterday.
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![]() hey cool im not the only 12 year old at the board!!
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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It's definitely a hard book to read the first time. The writing style is very lofty, almost biblical. It took me a months of reading a chapter, putting it down for a couple weeks, picking it up again and reading a few more pages, and so on. The first time around I skipped some of the harder-to-read and more technical stuff, as long as it wasn't absolutely essential to the plotline. The second time, I read it straight through, being a much better reader after suffering through the Iliad in English class. And lo and behold, the once-difficult parts were really cool! So if you really have problems, just let it rest and try it again in a year or so. Good luck!
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![]() i first tried to read it last year when i was 11 i took it out four times from the library and when i was turned 12 (in august) i finally finished it!!!
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i think i tried to read it as well when i ws 12 or so... i just got back to it this last summer (i am now 18), and i found it challenging but managed to read it in a few weeks... however i know i'll have to read it a few times to get more out of it. my dad is a very good reader and very fast, and he said it took him 3 reads to properly understand it, and he said he is sure he'd get more out of it if he read it again. (he's the person i got my copies of lotr and the silmarillion from)
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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I first read all of Tolkien when I was 23. I know, I was terribly late.
I loved the Sil the best. I read right thru it, straight (course I was older and had better reading skills, no offense). The Sil rocks it, and stands as my favorite Tolkien piece yet. I am by no means a scholar of the Sil, but my book is pretty well worn in the few months I have had it. Elenna ![]()
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Enting
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![]() You don't even want to see our copies of LotR. Their only value now is the content.
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001
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yup, i think only one of the books still has a simi-hole cover.
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Elf Lord
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Out of curiousity Elenna, what do you mean by 'all of Tolkien'? Which books, exactly?
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Enting
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Well It 's definetly not ALL of Tolkien.
The Hobbit, LOTR, The Sill and Unfinished Tales. I have high hopes for more tho ![]() Elenna
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Enting
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I have been told that The HoME and Morgoths Ring are very good.
I will check them out next~ Thanks Elenna
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