How many times have you read it? - Page 3

Laurelyn · 01-25-2002, 06:48 PM

Oh, and FrodoFriend, I'll admit that I'm posting this message in an attemopt to become an Elven Warrior as well.

Laurelyn · 01-25-2002, 06:49 PM

Almost done it, too.

Neithan · 01-25-2002, 08:39 PM

Hi! I`ve got very little to do right now,so I`ve decided to jump on this "train".

I usually read LOTR 3 time\year. And then I read the norwegian translation 2 times and usually read the original version during the summer.

This was just as boring to write as it probably is to read.

Thrain of the Shire · 01-25-2002, 09:12 PM

Ah yes, well we were lucky enough to have a really good teacher at school who forced us to read the HObbit at the age of 10. Naturally I just HAD to know what happened next and that was the first time through.

I have singlehandedly contributed to the financial success of LOTR because every copy I have ever bought I have given to someone else to get them reading it!

By the way (now shamefaced) I started the Sil once but struggled with the early pages and never went further -- encouragement please!!!

Pailan · 01-26-2002, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by Thrain of the Shire

By the way (now shamefaced) I started the Sil once but struggled with the early pages and never went further -- encouragement please!!!

The beginning is tough but it is a must read. Once you start to sort who's who and all it will begin to flow. There are many beautiful stories waiting to be read. Do it now! Turn of the TV and go for it.

Pailan, at your service.

Pailan · 01-26-2002, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Neithan
Hi! I`ve got very little to do right now,so I`ve decided to jump on this "train".
I usually read LOTR 3 time\year. And then I read the norwegian translation 2 times and usually read the original version during the summer.

This was just as boring to write as it probably is to read.

Nope not boring, at all. Three times a year in TWO languages is pretty cool, in my book.

Could you tell me (us) what you perfer, the Norwegian or the English? And how good would you say the Norwegian translation is?

Thanks

Brimvalir · 03-25-2002, 05:37 PM

I would say I probably read the series about 15 times - mostly in my youth

snoopy · 03-25-2002, 11:12 PM

I have read the books a couple of times. I willprobably read them again as soon as I finish the book I'm reading right now.

Mirkgirl · 03-26-2002, 01:03 AM

I've never counted....... started to young to remember

F.B.-B. · 03-26-2002, 01:35 AM

Hmm. Thinking, and calculating. I think I have read:

TRB: More times than I can count. It is still my favorite, even after all the others graced my hands. This was the first "Middle-earth" tale I ever read.
TH: 14 times. (Appropriate number, eh? I haven't wanted to go past that number yet. Possibly because my copy is so worn, the pages are individual sheets.)
TFotR: 13 times.
TTT: 13 times.
TRotK: 12 times.
TRotKAs: 4 times. (But very glad I finally decided to read them.)
A,V,&QS: Once. I didn't know they existed until a discovery in a used book store last summer.
R: Once. Same reason as the last.
FGoH: Never! Looking for it ...

Of course, there are some chapters, such as Mount Doom, which I have read several dozen times, for the sheer joy of it (yes, I can already hear your comments. Joy??? Yes.) Babble, babble. All right, enough.

Keep reading!

Mark of Cenla · 03-26-2002, 12:49 PM

I have read Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit five times. I have read The Silmarillian and Unfinished Tales once. I have been itching to read them again, but I promised myself that I would not read them again until next fall. Peace.

AACHOO · 03-29-2002, 12:57 AM

TH & LoTR once a year since '77. Added the Sil in '83('84?)

Just as good now as in '77. Eyes wide in amazment as I see every word come to life.

these were the first books I read I could actually see the scenes as set forth in the text.

tolkienfan · 08-24-2005, 08:09 PM

I've never counted but I read the whole trilogy on a twelve hour plane trip a couple years ago.

08-26-2005, 07:30 PM

Well, I've been in a constant state of re-reading since '96. Figure it'd work out to at least 10 times for each book. It's to the point now where I simply open up any book to any page and start reading whenever I feel like it.

littleadanel · 08-30-2005, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tolkienfan

I've never counted but I read the whole trilogy on a twelve hour plane trip a couple years ago.

Until now I thought myself a fast reader (at least in my language) but you really beat me!

It took me 4 days to read the trilogy for the first time (christmas holiday, not doing anything else but reading) and I didn't dare to tell it to my classmates who needed a couple of months...

Since then, I've read LoTR and Sil, 2-3 times both, and The Hobbit once, in original. This summer I wanted to finish LoTR in original and when we were on holiday it went pretty well, but again I'm stuck, at the Pelennor Fields, probably until Christmas holiday...

hectorberlioz · 09-01-2005, 08:40 PM

My twelve year old sis is reading FotR, and I myself picked it up...really wanted to read it again! I also read the chapter in RotK: Scouring of the Shire...ahhhhh.

durinsbane2244 · 09-01-2005, 09:19 PM

sigh, before i sound like a freak, just know that for lack of anyting whatsoever to do, i read over and over again, so here: because i have read literaly everything that i would find the least bit enjoyable in my school's library, and there isn't much good new stuff to find in the public library, i have resorted to the few good novels i own, the fellowship of the ring being the only tolkien among them, and have, sigh again, read it 27 and a half times to date. i am 13, i read first in 4th grade, and i find this sad, having read the other two about 3 or 4 times each, i didn't even finish the last time because my library got the once and future king, but don't look down on me, i just get reeeeeealy bored

Lotesse · 09-01-2005, 09:34 PM

If you've read it 27 times, then we need you over on the "trivia" threads, homey. For real. Not much has been happening over there as of late...

Tar_Zimraphel · 09-04-2005, 10:55 PM

About 3 times so far, but more to come!

Tree Dweller · 09-15-2005, 10:47 AM

I am one of those late-comers to Middle-Earth. I did not read the books until after I had seen FOTR and I have since read them twice and the Silmarillion once.

(If I didn't have kids, church, homeschooling, bass playing, kids in Judo, etc....etc....., I would have read them a few more times!

)

ahhhh, that reminds me...my books are still packed since our move.........must...get...them...out!

01-25-2002, 06:48 PM	#41
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Oh, and FrodoFriend, I'll admit that I'm posting this message in an attemopt to become an Elven Warrior as well. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

01-25-2002, 06:49 PM	#42
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Almost done it, too. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

01-25-2002, 08:39 PM	#43
Neithan Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 13	Now I`ll bore you! Hi! I`ve got very little to do right now,so I`ve decided to jump on this "train". I usually read LOTR 3 time\year. And then I read the norwegian translation 2 times and usually read the original version during the summer. This was just as boring to write as it probably is to read. __________________ I beg you to differ! Please!?!

01-25-2002, 09:12 PM	#44
Thrain of the Shire Hobbit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Oxford -- (one) home of the man himself Posts: 28	SO many times and yet always time for one more.... Ah yes, well we were lucky enough to have a really good teacher at school who forced us to read the HObbit at the age of 10. Naturally I just HAD to know what happened next and that was the first time through. I have singlehandedly contributed to the financial success of LOTR because every copy I have ever bought I have given to someone else to get them reading it! By the way (now shamefaced) I started the Sil once but struggled with the early pages and never went further -- encouragement please!!!

03-25-2002, 05:37 PM	#47
Brimvalir Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: California Posts: 103	How Many Times I would say I probably read the series about 15 times - mostly in my youth __________________ Swords are of no more use here ... All that is gold does not glitter nor are all those who wander lost......

03-25-2002, 11:12 PM	#48
snoopy Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: oregon Posts: 18	I have read the books a couple of times. I willprobably read them again as soon as I finish the book I'm reading right now. __________________ "Curse it! curse it! curse it!" hissed Gollum. "Curse the Baggins! It's gone! What has it got in its pocketses? Oh we guess, we guess, my precious. He's found it, yes he must have. My birthday-present."

03-26-2002, 01:03 AM	#49
Mirkgirl Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6	I've never counted....... started to young to remember

03-26-2002, 01:35 AM	#50
F.B.-B. Enting Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Over the Hill, and under the Hill, and across the Water. From the lands of my birth, into the place beyond the Sundering Seas. Posts: 69	Hmm. Thinking, and calculating. I think I have read: TRB: More times than I can count. It is still my favorite, even after all the others graced my hands. This was the first "Middle-earth" tale I ever read. TH: 14 times. (Appropriate number, eh? I haven't wanted to go past that number yet. Possibly because my copy is so worn, the pages are individual sheets.) TFotR: 13 times. TTT: 13 times. TRotK: 12 times. TRotKAs: 4 times. (But very glad I finally decided to read them.) A,V,&QS: Once. I didn't know they existed until a discovery in a used book store last summer. R: Once. Same reason as the last. FGoH: Never! Looking for it ... Of course, there are some chapters, such as Mount Doom, which I have read several dozen times, for the sheer joy of it (yes, I can already hear your comments. Joy??? Yes.) Babble, babble. All right, enough. Keep reading! __________________ The Enigmatic F.B.-B. ~"Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on."~ Olalye i vanwa i lome, Olalye a manan mapaiauretul i aure. (Translated: Dream of the past by night, Dream of how you can grasp the future by day.) Greet each day with enthusiasm. You never know what tale you might be thrust into before nightfall ... Be sure you have enough courage stored up to endure once the quest has found you.

03-26-2002, 12:49 PM	#51
Mark of Cenla Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: central Louisiana Posts: 105	I have read Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit five times. I have read The Silmarillian and Unfinished Tales once. I have been itching to read them again, but I promised myself that I would not read them again until next fall. Peace. __________________ Mark Wellman ><>

03-29-2002, 12:57 AM	#52
AACHOO Enting Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 52	TH & LoTR once a year since '77. Added the Sil in '83('84?) Just as good now as in '77. Eyes wide in amazment as I see every word come to life. these were the first books I read I could actually see the scenes as set forth in the text.

08-24-2005, 08:09 PM	#53
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I've never counted but I read the whole trilogy on a twelve hour plane trip a couple years ago. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

08-26-2005, 07:30 PM	#54
Acran Mern Guest Posts: n/a	Well, I've been in a constant state of re-reading since '96. Figure it'd work out to at least 10 times for each book. It's to the point now where I simply open up any book to any page and start reading whenever I feel like it.

09-01-2005, 08:40 PM	#56
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	My twelve year old sis is reading FotR, and I myself picked it up...really wanted to read it again! I also read the chapter in RotK: Scouring of the Shire...ahhhhh. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-01-2005, 09:19 PM	#57
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	sigh, before i sound like a freak, just know that for lack of anyting whatsoever to do, i read over and over again, so here: because i have read literaly everything that i would find the least bit enjoyable in my school's library, and there isn't much good new stuff to find in the public library, i have resorted to the few good novels i own, the fellowship of the ring being the only tolkien among them, and have, sigh again, read it 27 and a half times to date. i am 13, i read first in 4th grade, and i find this sad, having read the other two about 3 or 4 times each, i didn't even finish the last time because my library got the once and future king, but don't look down on me, i just get reeeeeealy bored __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

09-01-2005, 09:34 PM	#58
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	If you've read it 27 times, then we need you over on the "trivia" threads, homey. For real. Not much has been happening over there as of late... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-04-2005, 10:55 PM	#59
Tar_Zimraphel Sapling Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 4	About 3 times so far, but more to come!

09-15-2005, 10:47 AM	#60
Tree Dweller Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The bulls-eye for recent hurricanes, but I still love these white sands....nothing compares. Posts: 129	I am one of those late-comers to Middle-Earth. I did not read the books until after I had seen FOTR and I have since read them twice and the Silmarillion once. (If I didn't have kids, church, homeschooling, bass playing, kids in Judo, etc....etc....., I would have read them a few more times! ) ahhhh, that reminds me...my books are still packed since our move.........must...get...them...out! __________________ ------------------------------------------- Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. C. S. Lewis ------------------------------------------- I always liked going South, somehow it feels like going downhill. Treebeard ------------------------------------------- ~~Diary of a Beach Bum~~

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