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Post Higher Spirit
30 May 09 - 05:22
Why does everyone love him? Sure, I know the reasons why he's great: He started the epic fantasy genre, he codified all the various clinche's peopled have usedd this past century, ect ect.

But the books themselves haven't aged gracefully. They are not enjoyable reading.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
30 May 09 - 06:14
eh.
I agree, because out of books I re-read, they aren't high on the list at all.
With my memory, that's not too bad, but I've read the trilogy three times or so...
I'm used to re-reading cabbage, I don't get new books that often.
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30 May 09 - 20:50
Personally, I like his prose, though I can see why others would not.
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Post Higher Spirit
31 May 09 - 03:35
High information density, low emotional depth.
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31 May 09 - 11:05
Reading the books is a Herculean task. It's so descriptive, it eats my head. I have read the first book of LOTR, but I can't proceed.
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31 May 09 - 13:51
I loved LotR the first time I read it (must have been almost a decade ago now - I'd read the books a couple of times by the time the first film came out in 2001). I've re-read it a fair few times and still like it. Haven't done it in a while though, so maybe my views would change..
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Nero Higher Spirit
31 May 09 - 14:57
Sentynel wrote:I loved LotR the first time I read it (must have been almost a decade ago now - I'd read the books a couple of times by the time the first film came out in 2001). I've re-read it a fair few times and still like it. Haven't done it in a while though, so maybe my views would change..
Whoa whoa whoa whoa...

You read LotR before you were twelve?
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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31 May 09 - 16:35
Yup. I can't remember how old exactly I was when I first read it, but it was a couple of years before the first film came out (was 11 at the film's launch, by the way).
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
31 May 09 - 17:47
I read the Hobbit when I was...
Ten, when the latter two of the three came out.
The LOTR came soon after... maybe 12 or 13, for all of it.
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1 Jun 09 - 00:40
Nero wrote:Whoa whoa whoa whoa...

You read LotR before you were twelve?
Hey! I was about 10. Halfway through the second though, I got distracted and stopped. I never had much problem with understanding the writing (most of it), but I never really cared much for them either way.


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1 Jun 09 - 15:15
Sentynel wrote:Yup. I can't remember how old exactly I was when I first read it, but it was a couple of years before the first film came out (was 11 at the film's launch, by the way).
So you read the book when you were around 9! You comprehended? My English was so bad then, I was stuck with Enid Blyton.
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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1 Jun 09 - 15:38
Well, I am a native speaker, which gives me a bit of an advantage, but yes.
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1 Jun 09 - 18:12
Even for a native speaker it's remarkable.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
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Luciene Higher Spirit
1 Jun 09 - 18:49
I might be wrong, but I remember reading somewhere that they popularized by the hippie counterculture movement or something.

Edit: nvm, didn't properly read first post
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1 Jun 09 - 20:16
N&B wrote:My English was so bad then, I was stuck with Enid Blyton.
That sucks. *shudder* Enid Blyton.


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1 Jun 09 - 20:38
Meh, nothing wrong with Enid Blyton...I used to love the 'mystery of...' series >>
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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1 Jun 09 - 20:46
The * Adventure books were clearly the best.
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Post Higher Spirit
2 Jun 09 - 10:15
Goosebumps!
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2 Jun 09 - 16:17
Yes, goosebumps! But they were never scary.
Archie is going to marry Veronica. Your thoughts?
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
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Luciene Higher Spirit
2 Jun 09 - 19:02
That's horrible, that totally wrecks my OTP :'(

Also, aren't they in high school?

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