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11-29-2004, 12:53 PM | #21 | ||
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So... ya done yet Bombadillo?
*gets out knife* Relax! It's to whittle this stick to a pointy point!
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11-29-2004, 01:59 PM | #22 | |
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Did anyone have any trouble keeping all the names straight (the princes especially...), or is everyone here as crazy as me and can recite the entire House of Finwe on command... If nothing else, it's that which scares people... If only I put half as much effort on my school work. How's it coming, Bombadillo? Anyone got a spare stick... I think SGH would notice hers is missing...
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11-29-2004, 02:22 PM | #23 | |
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
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11-29-2004, 03:53 PM | #24 |
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TD, is that something you should have confessed to me?
Angrod and Aegnor, if you want the Sindarin versions. Angrod's the older. So... you can do all of the Feanorion crew? *mildly impressed*
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11-29-2004, 04:33 PM | #25 |
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Should we throw the proverbial spanner into the works? You know, the problematic parentage of Gil-Galad?
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11-29-2004, 04:34 PM | #26 | |
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
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11-29-2004, 06:39 PM | #27 | |
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11-29-2004, 07:16 PM | #28 | ||
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I knew that.
Just didn't want to confuse (yeah right), or butcher the names by my inability to use accents... Quote:
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11-29-2004, 07:45 PM | #29 | |
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Don't stab me yet guys, although I was procrastinating. I read the title of Ainulindalë and then spent about an hour and a half reading the Note on Pronunciation, gathering LotR and a dictionary to keep nearby, looking through LotR Appendix E for a "more extensive" guide to Quenya, and reading the critics' reviews and the foreword. I read Ainulindalë today and took penciled notes on things. I'll make the actual entry after Valaquenta (the greuling part).
Pacing myself is already starting to be a battle; I have so much to think about I want to keep reading through it, but then I might lose those thoughts and I want to record them immediately. And thanks for your offers to help! I'll be glad to accept any I can get. The best way to contact me about an entry would be with a PM once the entry is up. I won't be reading your posts for advice or anything until much later; there's too high a risk of spoilers. Quote:
1st entry Wednesday or I'm good for nothing.
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11-29-2004, 08:27 PM | #30 | |
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Penciled notes. Very nice... I think I just read the thing enough times to memorise most of it, but that's just my style... Recording thoughts is a good idea... I should try that every so often... And you're right, spoilers would be a certainty.
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12-03-2004, 01:47 PM | #31 |
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Okey Dokey then,
started to read The Silmarillion and looking for some advice. I'm thinking I would benefit from some good maps. Can anyone recommend a good book of Tolkien Maps? I'd like to ask someone to get it for me as a xmas pressie so I wait with baited breath for a response. Time is of the essence peeps. Thanking ye kindly.......
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12-03-2004, 01:50 PM | #32 |
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http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/bibli...1-0618126996-0
It's a pretty good book - not completely without flaws - but overall, well worth the dosh forked out.
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12-03-2004, 01:57 PM | #33 |
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My God, that was quick.....
took a look, will ask for book cheerie ma dearie xx
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12-03-2004, 05:12 PM | #34 | |
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As soon as I finish my book for class, and maybe studying for finals , I'll be picking up the Silm again for some serious rereading.
Though I can't exactly say why... Quote:
*runs off to test out her theory* *comes back* erm... does anyone have a pen...? And you're rhyming, Nolwë!
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12-03-2004, 06:59 PM | #35 | |
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01-12-2005, 05:52 AM | #36 |
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*takes stick and gives Bombadillo a mighty good poking until he begs for mercy*
Oy matey, you're late with your next chapter. Very late.
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01-20-2005, 07:51 AM | #37 |
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The whole of Silm is brilliant, but Valaquenta and the Numenor piece isn't as good as the rest. But it is worth reading the first part to get to the rest. I have been wanting to reread it also because I can't remember everyone and everything that happend. I read it way to long ago.
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03-13-2005, 07:34 AM | #38 |
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*pokes thread back into life*
Oy, Bombadillo, you're still doing this journal update or have you given up?
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03-18-2005, 03:51 PM | #39 |
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I just finished the Silmarillion and am on to Akallabeth (or Atalante in Quenya) "Downfall of Numeanor."
I must say it has been an incredible read so far... though sometimes I find myself completely forgetting who an individual is the majority stay easy to recall. Feanor's sons were one group that I really had trouble remembering the names of for quite some time: Maedhros Maglor Celegrom Caranthir Curufin Amrod Amras I guess it was simply when i would read "Celegrom, Caranthir, abd Curufin" I would have difficulty distinguishing between them. But I even liked the first chapters that many say are slow. I thought they blended very nicely into how the world of Tolkien was forged. |
03-18-2005, 03:53 PM | #40 |
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i always remember curufin the crafty, makes me see him as some sort of wicked fool
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