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Forum: The Books 01-15-2007, 02:10 PM
Replies: 312
Views: 84,068
Posted By Břicho
It does seem like an atrocious act. In...

It does seem like an atrocious act.

In fact, Eru having that kind of power all the time and letting Sauran kill and enslave thousands might be construed as an atrocious act...

But, anyway...
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Forum: The Books 01-15-2007, 03:55 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,862
Posted By Břicho
I used to have the Foster guide when I was a kid;...

I used to have the Foster guide when I was a kid; it incorporated the Silm as well as TH and LOTR.

Do the new editions cover things from UT or HoME as well, I wonder?
Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter 01-14-2007, 06:50 AM
Replies: 182
Views: 95,328
Posted By Břicho
Hmm, has there been a change for the Silmarillian...

Hmm, has there been a change for the Silmarillian discussion? :)
Forum: The Books 01-12-2007, 07:10 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,862
Posted By Břicho
Silmarillion was tough for me to get through the...

Silmarillion was tough for me to get through the first time, but if you can manage to do it, and if you look at it from the right angle it's really an amazing creation by ole T'.
Forum: The Books 01-12-2007, 03:58 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,840
Posted By Břicho
I know it's no crime, but I feel a little weird...

I know it's no crime, but I feel a little weird resurrecting such an ancient thread, but I'm new 'round here and haven't read a lot of these threads til now...


Anyway, I have considered the...
Forum: The Books 01-12-2007, 03:12 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,862
Posted By Břicho
IN the War of the Ring, Thranduil's forces were...

IN the War of the Ring, Thranduil's forces were busy fighting in Mirkwood--with the "Woodmen" or Beornings no doubt against the forces of Dol Guldur. I suppose that they really couldn't come...
Forum: The Books 01-11-2007, 02:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 10,134
Posted By Břicho
Well, I suppose their sort of joy in battle (or...

Well, I suppose their sort of joy in battle (or bloodlust) and subsequent reverence of warfare as a glorious thing--unlike the more civilized Dunedain, maybe--is something that I, perhaps...
Forum: The Books 01-11-2007, 05:58 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 10,134
Posted By Břicho
Their language, too. Tolkien mentioned in...

Their language, too.

Tolkien mentioned in one of the appendices--I believe in the "languages" appendix(I'm at work now, and can't check up on it--hell, I'd be too lazy to do it anyway-- that he...
Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter 01-09-2007, 03:46 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 20,191
Posted By Břicho
I am currently reading the Lord of the Rings to...

I am currently reading the Lord of the Rings to my girlfriend, and this is the chapter we've just finished, so I'll write about it now...over two years after the last post...

What struck me at...
Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter 01-09-2007, 02:49 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 12,364
Posted By Břicho
This is certainly not the most exciting chapter...

This is certainly not the most exciting chapter in the book, especially coming after the beautiful blending of fairy tale and myth that is Of Thingol and Melian, and at my first reading twenty-five...
Forum: The Books 01-09-2007, 02:10 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 24,546
Posted By Břicho
In the Two Towers, doesn't Faramir mention...

In the Two Towers, doesn't Faramir mention something about treachery having been Gondor's greatest foe in the long wars with the Enemy?

I think treachery could have very well helped yield up the...
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