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AngAdan
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Ok, I've just read the Valaquenta. I'm nearly there!!
Wow, I need some suport but I'm going to finish it, and understand it if I have to read it 999.999.999.999 times!! ![]() ![]() |
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Orli's lil fan
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Sugar World/Orlando Bloom Cloud
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I found the Silmarrillion quite boring, but i liked the Third Age bit at the end (i read it ages ago, so excuse me if i get it wrong!)
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Eating WAY too much peanut butter...
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Actually I think the Sil was a good book, if a bit boring in the beginning. Maybe you should try reading it some more!!
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Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001
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Enting
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: mentally or physically?
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all the names are so alike that i keep getting them confused (ie:fingolfin, finarfin, finrod felagund) but i'm (or should i say gandalfan2525 is?) starting to get it that almost same name=family, oh well, back to the book *frowns in consentration*
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Marshal of the Eastmark
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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My trick the first time was to skip the background stuff and jump right to the coming of the Elves. Later I went back and read the parts about the Maiar and Valar.
I wish he had done a new twist on the Eriol/Aelfwine character and given us the Silmarillion in the manner of Lost Tales. My past altering wish is this: that Bilbo travels to Rivendell after leaving the Ring with Frodo. He is working on his book, but much of the time is spent listening to various elves (who we now know by name) tell the tales out of The Silmarillion. In the middle Frodo comes and goes off on his adventure, then we hear about the world of Men and the Fall of Beleriand. By the time Frodo returns all the stories in The Silm are told and Bilbo naps in the place where stories are told, occasionally telling stories. Then the Bard of Gondor... Oh me and my fantasies. It would have been an easier read, I tell ya.
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The Tall
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Formenos
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You mean the famous Translations from the Elvish?
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“What does the term american refers to” asked the boy, and the wise man answered: “Lets look at the dictionary then.” As an adjective American is: 1. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture. 2. Of or relating to North or South America, the West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere. As a noun American is: A native or inhabitant of America. A citizen of the United States. Then the boy asked, “What is America then?”, and the wise man looked at the dictionary again: 1. The United States. 2. also the A·mer·i·cas. The landmasses and islands of North America, Central America, and South America. Confused, the boy asked, “Does the term american refers solely to a us citizen or to any person in North, Central or South America?” The wise man replied: “What do you think?”, and the boy answered: “It is clear to me that while the term american is used to refers to us citizens, one can also use it to refer to any person who is from that continent too,” the boy thought for a while and asked the wise man, “Am I right?”, and he replied: “But of course.” The boy wondered, why is it that some people refuse to acknowledge the fact that the term american refers not only to US citizens but to anyone of the American continent?, but then sadly, the boy understood, that it is the calamity of ignorance. |
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Viggoholic
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Australia
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The embarassing thing for me is, even though I am reading the Sil for a second time, I still have trouble remembering who is related to who. Ok, I'm going to try now to name all the F names (no cheating): Finwe had Feanor, Fingolfin and Finafarin. Fingolfin had Finrod. Finafarin had Fingon. I'll have to see if I am right.
![]() Edit: Close, but Figolfin had Fingon and Finafarin had Finrod. More studying to do. ![]()
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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Oh, I've read the Sil many times, and I still have problems keeping those F's straight
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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the Shrike
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I *did* manage to suss out Gil-Galad's parentage though. ![]()
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
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And I just finished The Lays of Beleriand where they were .... SWITCHED AROUND!!! ......
*runs off screaming*
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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Marshal of the Eastmark
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Does the Encyclopedia of Arda document the names correctly? What are your opinions? I suspect it is something of an RPG resource and includes some material that was made up by writers for the Iron Crown Enterprises' MERP system. For instance, they claim to have the names of the Blue Wizards.
But despite that, and from my limited knowledge, their elven family trees seem to be accurate.
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The Insufferable
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Which encyclopedia of arda?
I'm aware of at least two.
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Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood
Join Date: Nov 2002
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The Arda encyclopedia I've got is one by Ted Smart. ![]() I love it!! It has really good illustrations, painted ones!! It has loads and loads of really detailed maps of Arda in all the ages and all the seperate continents in all the ages ![]() |
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Marshal of the Eastmark
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Cool. I'll look for it!
I meant the one online, the one that loads so slowly. It has elven family trees. I wonder how accurate they are. Does your printed Arda Encyclopedia have elven family trees? That would be so useful.
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Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood
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It has practically everyones trees, before the actuall encyclopedia actually starts it says loads of suft, it sums up the Silmarillion, talks about the creatures of ME and its geography, then it has a person dictionary where it sums everyones personality up and important parts in there life in tH, tS and LotR.
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Marshal of the Eastmark
Join Date: Apr 2002
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OK, I'm jealous. I can't find it at Amazon or by searching for Ted Smart and Arda and Encyclopedia. All I get is this pretty cool slow loading website.
Who is the publisher? What is the printing date? thanks.
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Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood
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Tolkien-the illustrated encyclopedia
Written by David Day Publisher=Ted Smart Just felt like doing it propaply ![]() ![]() |
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