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Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? * 1
    #26785292 - 06/26/20 05:21 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

I'm reading the Silmarillion it's seems alright so far but kinda hard to follow. Thoughts on it and his other work?


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: Psyche delics] * 3
    #26785305 - 06/26/20 05:27 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

The parts where he delves into long lists of this lineage or that lineage can be a bit confusing or cumbersome, but I really enjoyed the rest of the story, especially his use of a Sound/musically based creation myth in the beginning to illustrate how everything came to be from Iluvitar and the rebellion and ya da ya da. 

As a whole the book reminds me of the Bible and then some - but better in some ways. 
Wanna start a LOTR’ religious cult with me and try to become the #1 world religion?  :naughty:


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: Psyche delics]
    #26785319 - 06/26/20 05:32 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

:takingnotes:!


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: The Blind Ass]
    #26785387 - 06/26/20 06:08 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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The parts where he delves into long lists of this lineage or that lineage can be a bit confusing or cumbersome, but I really enjoyed the rest of the story, especially his use of a Sound/musically based creation myth in the beginning to illustrate how everything came to be from Iluvitar and the rebellion and ya da ya da. 

As a whole the book reminds me of the Bible and then some - but better in some ways. 
Wanna start a LOTR’ religious cult with me and try to become the #1 world religion?  :naughty:




Nothing to add here, except as with bible I stopped at the list of lineage:shrug:

And I love Tolkien but Silmarillion was too slow 20+ years a go. Will have to read it again, till end this time.


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: The Blind Ass]
    #26785412 - 06/26/20 06:21 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

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The parts where he delves into long lists of this lineage or that lineage can be a bit confusing or cumbersome, but I really enjoyed the rest of the story, especially his use of a Sound/musically based creation myth in the beginning to illustrate how everything came to be from Iluvitar and the rebellion and ya da ya da. 

As a whole the book reminds me of the Bible and then some - but better in some ways. 
Wanna start a LOTR’ religious cult with me and try to become the #1 world religion?  :naughty:



I only got through those first two chapters so far they confused the shit out of me so I'm re reading them
He really throws you in the deep end with this one.


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: Psyche delics]
    #26785438 - 06/26/20 06:33 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

The begging chapter seems alot like string theory


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: Psyche delics]
    #26785443 - 06/26/20 06:35 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Minus the first name or two on those lineage benders he goes on - just speed read at full throttle through those parts - bc not knowing Galadriel’s 5th cousin’s wife’s niece won’t hurt the story much at all.  There’s a lot of allegory strewn throughout the various mini stories contained within the larger story - and that’s what you really want to sink your teeth into.  It’s been +/- 10 years since I’ve read it and I’m now tempted to crack it open again, thanks :crankey:


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: The Blind Ass]
    #26785582 - 06/26/20 07:34 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

iirc the silmarillion was still a WIP that his son published after JRRT died. it was not meant to be read like that


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: Primal Glitch]
    #26785681 - 06/26/20 08:23 PM (3 years, 6 months ago)

Yes that’s right.


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: The Blind Ass]
    #26786549 - 06/27/20 07:15 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

still, melkor and ungoliant going for the trees of valinor is some mega epic stuff :awesome:


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Re: Any of you guys read the other J.R.R Tolkien books? [Re: Primal Glitch]
    #26786559 - 06/27/20 07:22 AM (3 years, 6 months ago)

:manofapproval:


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