LoTR

[Damark_Ifrit]

just finish reading LoTR, and this is my thoughts.
It is very true that Tolkien emphasizes the details for everything. It might be boring to some people. However, It seems to me that all those small details help me create a view about the fantasy world of LoTR much easier in my minds. I can just close my eyes, and all the beauties of people, landscape of LoTR appears in front of me. It is glamorous.

[Aurican]

I finished the trilogy recently too. I loved it. If anybody has finished the Silmarillion tell me about it please?

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Can an elf get a break anywhere these days?

[slackerboy]

i read the silmarillian and the lays of beliriand and the book of lost tales part 1 and 2, but that was a while ago and i do remember that at some point it did seem to loose consistancy. but the sillmarillion was pretty cool. read it if you like LotR. but who doesnt


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[Throntar]

Damark...

I totally agree with you regarding your comment concering Tolkien's use of detail. Some might see it as excessive...however, it *does* give you a very good feel for the landscape surrounding the story as well as the characters themselves.

When I initially read this trilogy, I was pretty young (12 or 13"ish") and I think that the use of detail bored me at the time. I'm thinking that perhaps a re-read now (years later) might garner more interest for me. I tried reading the Simarillion (sp.?) after I finished LotRs the first time and it bored me so that I couldn't even get through the first quarter of the story.

So, maybe someone can tell me...what is the Simarillion about and how does it tie in to LotR...or doesn't it tie-in at all? Thanks!

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Now where did I leave that doughnut?!

[Balgin]

Now, for those of us who GM tabletop or Paper and Pencil games regularly Tolkiens style can be truly inspirational. It reminds us to really let the players know what the world around them is like instead of just saying, "Okay, this room has got another Orc in it". I prefer to use my imagination, letting them know what type of room it is, what type of Orc, what he's doing etc, Games of make believe are only as much fun as you're imagination will let them be.

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Balgin, the Dwarf

[Sir Taliesin]

Throntor. I truely encourage to re-read LoTR. Honestly I have read a ton of fantasy and fiction and I tis still my favorite book!!! I think the detail was what drew me in so much. I like a lot of the stuff that is written now, but most of it lacks the depth of LoTR.

The Silmarillian is a great book if your loved LoTR. I provides a ton of background for LoTR. It's not one story though, it's really several stories concerning the first and second ages of Middle Earth, most of which were only touched on in LoTR. It is not eritten in the same style has LoTR though. It's more of a history. Once you read it I would recommend that you go back and Read
LoTR. The story takes on a different light then.

I guess by now you all realize I'm a Tolkein fanatic. Well most of the time. I
had a hard time getting through the Lost Tales 1 and didn't even try Lost Tales
2. They were never in my mind meant to be publish and were incomplete. Christopher should never have done them.

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Sir Taliesin


Meddle not in the affairs of dragons
if you are crunchy and good with ketchup!

[Tancred]

The Silmarillion - it's a lot like reading The Bible. In a way, it is The Bible. As far as Middle-Earth goes, anyway. I confess that, try as I might, I couldn't quite enjoy it; despite being a big LotR fan.

Tancred

'I can't believe you outran a million sperm.'

[dafan]

Silmarillion is almost a must to read cause it gives Lotr more depth than Lotr does by itself and makes you understand everything alot easier...

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