i picked it up, tryed to read it, then put it down.

***Tessar*** · 09-30-2001, 09:50 PM

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)

oh well the big map in the back was cool

i love big maps (fake ones).

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 09-30-2001, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tesseract12
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) oh well the big map in the back was cool i love big maps (fake ones).

It is a hard book for anyone of any age. Don't give up though. If you can make it through the first...say....four chapters, I don't think you will want to put it down. It's up to you though. Good luck.

Darth Tater · 10-01-2001, 11:12 AM

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

Finmandos12 · 10-01-2001, 01:23 PM

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!

***Tessar*** · 10-01-2001, 05:32 PM

uhhhhhhh first four chapters? i didnt evan make it through the first four pages.......

oh well your right maybe try again in about 3 years or so.

ringbearer · 10-01-2001, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tesseract12
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) oh well the big map in the back was cool i love big maps (fake ones).

Hey Tesseract...who told you that big map was fake! Shame on them!

***Tessar*** · 10-02-2001, 11:53 AM

By fake maps I mean maps that aren't of Earth

Renille · 10-03-2001, 10:38 PM

I'm only halfway through it right now...and I've had it for four whole weeks as of yesterday.

I hit a hump, and I put it down...and I haven't had the willpower to pick it back up...but that'll change very soon. (Oh yeah...this is my fourth attempt!! Go ahead...call me pathetic...)

ArwenEvenstar · 10-04-2001, 05:16 PM

ArwenEvenstar · 10-04-2001, 05:18 PM

hey cool im not the only 12 year old at the board!!

galadriel · 10-05-2001, 11:54 PM

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!

ArwenEvenstar · 10-13-2001, 06:07 PM

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!!!

:P

Varda · 10-13-2001, 07:41 PM

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)

Elenna · 10-13-2001, 11:06 PM

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

Miriel Stormrider · 10-14-2001, 08:18 PM

You don't even want to see our copies of LotR. Their only value now is the content.

***Tessar*** · 10-14-2001, 10:42 PM

yup, i think only one of the books still has a simi-hole cover.

Ñólendil · 10-15-2001, 02:14 AM

Out of curiousity Elenna, what do you mean by 'all of Tolkien'? Which books, exactly?

Elenna · 10-15-2001, 02:55 AM

Well It 's definetly not ALL of Tolkien.

The Hobbit, LOTR, The Sill and Unfinished Tales.

I have high hopes for more tho

Elenna

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 10-15-2001, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elenna
Well It 's definetly not ALL of Tolkien.

The Hobbit, LOTR, The Sill and Unfinished Tales.

I have high hopes for more tho

Elenna

If you get the chance to read any of the HoMe, and you love the Silmarillion, you will love Morgoth's Ring. I just bought it, although I had already read the Athrabeth by getting it from the library, but it is just an awsome book. I also hear that War of the Jewels is too. That will be my next purchase.

Elenna · 10-15-2001, 09:18 AM

I have been told that The HoME and Morgoths Ring are very good.

I will check them out next~ Thanks

Elenna

09-30-2001, 09:50 PM	#1
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	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) oh well the big map in the back was cool i love big maps (fake ones).

10-01-2001, 11:12 AM	#3
Darth Tater The man Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: MA Posts: 4,572	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 __________________ Visit the worlds greatest webpage! No, not The Tolkien Trail! Just click this! The Tolkien Trail ~Camelot

10-01-2001, 01:23 PM	#4
Finmandos12 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 327	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! __________________ The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

10-03-2001, 10:38 PM	#8
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	I'm only halfway through it right now...and I've had it for four whole weeks as of yesterday. I hit a hump, and I put it down...and I haven't had the willpower to pick it back up...but that'll change very soon. (Oh yeah...this is my fourth attempt!! Go ahead...call me pathetic...) __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

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ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	__________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination! Last edited by ArwenEvenstar : 10-04-2001 at 05:17 PM.

10-01-2001, 05:32 PM	#5
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	uhhhhhhh first four chapters? i didnt evan make it through the first four pages....... oh well your right maybe try again in about 3 years or so.

10-02-2001, 11:53 AM	#7
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	By fake maps I mean maps that aren't of Earth

10-04-2001, 05:18 PM	#10
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	hey cool im not the only 12 year old at the board!! __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

10-05-2001, 11:54 PM	#11
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	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! __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

10-13-2001, 06:07 PM	#12
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	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!!! :P __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

10-13-2001, 07:41 PM	#13
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	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) __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace

10-13-2001, 11:06 PM	#14
Elenna Enting Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 76	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 __________________ Elenna ~ Lady of the Stars

10-14-2001, 08:18 PM	#15
Miriel Stormrider Enting Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: sigh Not Middle-Earth :...( Posts: 59	You don't even want to see our copies of LotR. Their only value now is the content.

10-14-2001, 10:42 PM	#16
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	yup, i think only one of the books still has a simi-hole cover.

10-15-2001, 02:14 AM	#17
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	Out of curiousity Elenna, what do you mean by 'all of Tolkien'? Which books, exactly? __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

10-15-2001, 02:55 AM	#18
Elenna Enting Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 76	Well It 's definetly not ALL of Tolkien. The Hobbit, LOTR, The Sill and Unfinished Tales. I have high hopes for more tho Elenna __________________ Elenna ~ Lady of the Stars

10-15-2001, 09:18 AM	#20
Elenna Enting Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 76	I have been told that The HoME and Morgoths Ring are very good. I will check them out next~ Thanks Elenna __________________ Elenna ~ Lady of the Stars

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