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sindohte
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 Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject: Silmarillion Reading Group Announcement |
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The Silm Reading group was plugging along quite nicely and then it petered our when we came to the Of Aule and Yavanna and Of the Coming of the Elves. I know that things were busy with me in RL, but I want to get things started again with our reading and discussion. I have been peeking ahead a bit in the book and I am dying to have a chance to discuss the trek of the Noldor into ME among other things.
So in order to get to that point and through the entire book, I am reopening discussion on the 2 chapters listed above until next Tuesday, which is 5/4.
sind
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Anna
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thank god! I thought nobody wanted to discuss it anymore!
I posted some of my thoughts concerning "Of Aulë and Yavanna", but nobody seemed interested...
I know RL can be (too) timeconsuming (I know mine is), but I was a little disappointed when I thought everybody just abandoned the book club.
Now I´m happy again!  |
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BittenBuggy
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Yay! I was into that too, but when it kind of disappeared, it slipped from the front of my mind to the cob-web infested rear.
 Horray for Sind... and the Silmarillion
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Thuriniel
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:48 am Post subject: |
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I've been trying to keep up ... but somehow I fell behind! I'll try harder this time  !
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sindohte
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Anna, don't think for a second that I wasn't interested in continuing with the discussion. It just turned out that things had gotten insanely busy in my life that I didn't have a chance to keep up with the reading and posting. However I am good to go once again. I just need to go back and refresh my memory about what I read  so I can post again because I have forgotten some of what I read.
P.S. to BB - the name of the ice field the Noldor crossed was the Helcaraxe
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BittenBuggy
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:35 am Post subject: |
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P.S. to BB - the name of the ice field the Noldor crossed was the Helcaraxe |
Thats it! I'm so embarassed
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Andreth
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I will actually attend this Silm session. I'm like you, Sindohte, just got distracted and forgot. Sorry. 
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sindohte
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Hey folks,
BB has been bugging me (such an appropriate name she has) and I have also been feeling bad that the Silm Reading group has fallen by the wayside. Certainly we are all busy folks and I wonder if there is a better and/or easier way for us to read and discuss the Silm. Some ideas to throw out to you folks -
1. Send out a PM to people each week to give them a gentle reminder to read the upcoming chapter for the new week
2. We have people volunteer to read a chapter and then present it to the rest of the group
3. Just shift our lazy asses and remember to read and post each week like we said we would
Life is about to get busy for me over the next few weeks with the start of a new job and moving back to the place with the best seafood in the world, in my not so humble opinion  So would we like to try and shoot for mid-July for us to figure things out with the reading group and then start up things again?
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Saralitazie
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Can I horn in and join the group? Sounds like fun - although I'd have to find my copy of the Silm...man, moving displaces EVERYTHING. I used to know exactly where it was, and now I have no clue.
'Course, I keep the Trilogy in my room. I was smart enough to squirrel that away when I found it!
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Anna
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yay! The Silm Reading Group! 
I know I´ve been lazy, lazy, lazy....shame on me!! Sorry.
| Quote: | 1. Send out a PM to people each week to give them a gentle reminder to read the upcoming chapter for the new week
2. We have people volunteer to read a chapter and then present it to the rest of the group
3. Just shift our lazy asses and remember to read and post each week like we said we would
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Sind, what excellent suggestions! Number 3 goes without saying, really. How about a combination of 1 and 2. When someone feels ambitious enough he/she can present a chapter to the rest of us.
Oh, and Sind, I´ll vote for you! Just give me an elf for christmas... |
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BittenBuggy
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Dibs on Chapter 18!
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Andreth
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, but I get chapter 17. I always enjoy stories about Men coming....  |
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sindohte
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You people are freaking hopeless  Is there anything worse than a bunch of perverted intellctual types? Before you guys start claiming your pet chappies, we have to back up and pick up where we left off. I think we are only at about Chapter 4 or 5. So lots of reading and discussing before we get there.
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Andreth
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| sindohte wrote: | | You people are freaking hopeless Is there anything worse than a bunch of perverted intellctual types? |
Of course there is...perverted retarded types. They're much worse. What chapter did we leave off on anyway? I've slept since then. |
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sindohte
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Sort of ironic that we left off at the Thingol and Melian chapter. I suppose we can start there again if we wanted.
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