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LegolasLover
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 Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject: Which book is best? |
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(Again) I'm curious to know something...... Which book out of ALL of Tolkien's books do you feel is the best? It could be for information, entertanment, etc.
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mallorntree
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The Hobbit! It's pretty light and easy to read... it also helped me "progress" into reading the LOTR trilogy, and its so easy to understand, a second grader could read it
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Hathor
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That's a helluva hard question.
I think LOTR would still have to take the place as my favourite, for sheer storyline, characters, and happy memories. I have my own copy of it, but when I re-read it this year (after ROTK. I'm trying to be good and go into the movie fairly fresh) I'm going to read my Dad's old copy, the one I first read. It's a big thick old tome, with a picture of Gandalf on the front, and is my abiding memory of LOTR from back when I was twlve and Dad handed me this book and told me to read...
So, yes. Lord Of The Rings. Although I do enjoy pretty much all of the Middle-Earth mythology.
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Panneth
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Was just browsing and I thought this was something to think about. LotR is definitely the best book for a story where you can get into the characters and watch events unfold very slowly, but personally I love the Sil. I fell in love when I read the world was created from music. I think it's an absolutely beautiful way to describe it with the different themes creating different aspects of life.
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All of the Lord of the Rings books! I never really considered them three drifferent books I always thought of them as one big book. So I would have to say Lord of the Rings!
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*Sigh* I will have to diagree, I find the Silmarillion the most fun  Its just so rich and colorful...
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Thuriniel
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The Sil, definitely. It's one of the hardest books I've ever read, but it was absolutely worth it. The feelings that the Sil evoked weren't there when I read LotR. Of course, it might be because the Sil is all about elves ... 
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Panneth
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And from a fic-writer's pov I find the UT really handy just for random little bits of information that you can pick up. The essay on Galadriel and Celeborn is really interesting. I know Thurinel likes certain aspects of it too, like the revelation of Celeborn's name in Quenya
Though Tolkien did never make up his mind about whether Amroth was Galadriel's son or not and that really annoys me.
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| Quote: | | I know Thurinel likes certain aspects of it too, like the revelation of Celeborn's name in Quenya |
Really, the discovery of "Teleporno" being Celeborn's name in Quenya had me laughing for days. I still giggle about it ... it's way hilarious. Freudian slip anyone? 
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Teleporno....
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Andreth
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I have to weigh in with Emma and say Unfinished Tales is my favorite. Among its attributes is the fact that it's got *sigh* the story of Aldarion in it and that unappreciative ho Erendis. Aldarion can give any Elf a run for their money any day in my book. Hail to the King, baby.  |
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Panneth
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Hehe, how could anyone refuse a King his rights? What's that thing called where the Lord of the Manor gets to sleep with all the women in his village? Hmm appear to have merged threads again...
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Andreth
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| droit de signeur or something like that. My French is horrible. I think it also means that whenever someone in the village gets married, the lord or king or whatever gets to deflower the wife. That might be a good thing, depending on the king. |
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Panneth
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Yep, that's the one I was thinking of... I think it's spelt droit de seigneur though.
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