J.R.R.Tolkien.
- perusaphone
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J.R.R.Tolkien.
I thoroughly enjoyed the read due to it's inherent method of telling the interested how the characters and landscapes of Middle Earth came into being. Easy to read and follow, it gives a clever insight into the man who made the change from standard 'Fairy Stories' for children, into 'Faery Stories' for adults when the transition could be deemed too avant-garde for those post-war years.
I wonder, in these days, how many people are simply self acclaimed 'experts' onTolkien and the 'Lord of the Rings' just by watching the films, their perception of the story and characters indelibly tattoo'd into their brains as a result of the film watching. Then, in a moment of glorious temptation, rush out and buy all Tolkien's books, begin each one and, then fall by the wayside as the story gets too complex. How many possibly read some of the books with someone else's filmic imagery in their heads instead of utilising their own imagination as Tolkien did ? This book tells of the publishers reprint numbers and the like, so, how many copies have been sold and, there again how many have actually been read as they were designed to be.... all the way through ???
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Recently, I read most of A Tolkien Miscellany, which has some non-Middle Earth short stories. It was very well written, and I enjoyed it. I couldn't tackle on the poetry, though, because I can't just bring myself to enjoy reading poems, instead of listening to them.
But, all in all, I actually enjoyed Tolkien more because of his complex writing style.
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I love the Hobbit and his novella Roverdam.
I much prefer the films.
Up the Irons!!!
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Why do you prefer them? Me, I love the music and scenery, but still prefer the books.Enigma wrote:I had a hard time with the L.O.T.R books. But
I love the Hobbit and his novella Roverdam.
I much prefer the films.
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Definitely the music, the visual. The sets were spectacular and bought the book to life in a way I could understand. I found the book very hard going.Misaela wrote:Why do you prefer them? Me, I love the music and scenery, but still prefer the books.Enigma wrote:I had a hard time with the L.O.T.R books. But
I love the Hobbit and his novella Roverdam.
I much prefer the films.
Up the Irons!!!
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P.S. Screw the movies. Read the books.
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I was through those and borrowed The Silmarillion from the local library in fairly short order.
When the movies came out, I said I would never watch them.
Someone said why? and someone else said, because the movies could never match what is in her head.
So true, but then I became a mom.
By then some of my 1979 copies were battered or missing, so we went and got what we needed and my daughter read them all. She started reading The Silmarillion which she also owns a copy of.
Then I got the LOTR movies on a Black Friday sale for 99 cents each and while we still sometimes fast forward some of the grossest bits in the battles, we have seen them all one after the other more times than we can count.
We saw The Hobbit the minute it came out and bought a copy to add to our movie marathons, and we are counting down to the next one.
I have to say that I really thought I would hate the movies but I don't.
Are they as good as my own imagination?
No, but they give us a vision of the books that we can share.