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"Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> I've heard about Simeraillion...some fantasy geeks at
> my school tried to 'convert' me to Tolkeinism. I read
> a few pages, and somehow the mysticism and magic just
> didn't catch on to me.
Maybe because the Silmarillion is so vast (and quite ancient in style), and
sketches the creation/world/history background for LOTR - The whole Bilbo +
LOTR story is told in 26 pages of S.
I think the right approach is to read 'Bilbo' first, then LOTR, and if you
get interested in the Tolkien world, make a stab at S. - but don't try to
start with it!
J.R.R Tolkien has said (written) that all but two things mentioned (as side
remarks, names, etc.) in LOTR has a story/history of it's own, that can be
found in S. or other (unpublished) manuscripts.
That is: every language, every mountain name, every person, every historical
battle mentioned...
Those things that are just mentioned in a small song in LOTR, may be a long
story in S.
I re-read LOTR about once a year (don't skip the Appendices!), S. maybe once
every fifth, and Unfinished Tales, The Book of Lost Tales, etc (those are
collections of unfinished, older, manuscripts by Tolkien, heavily commented
by his son Christopher, quite stiff (word?) reading, but interesting) in
between.
Oh, well, I guess I'm a Tolkien fan...
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
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| Hi, I have to say: I just started reading Tolkien 3 years ago (6+ if you count the hobbit). I read the hobbit, and like a lot of people I know, hated it. After that I decided not to read any more Tolkien. Then why passing through an airport on a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Of course...However, intrepreting science-fiction into my story, magic is possible in a technical sense. (...) I've heard about Simeraillion...some fantasy geeks at my school tried to 'convert' me to Tolkeinism. I read a few pages, and somehow (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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