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Dwarin Thunderhammer · 03-21-2002, 01:22 PM

Spot on child of the 7th Age! I think you are most correct. Even though I am a Dwarf. (apology not accepted, none was needed) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] . I agree also with red, the Silmarillion is an extremely emotional book. It is totally epic, even more than the trilogy. I must admit I love sad stories and movies so the Silmarillion was right up my alley. Yet in the midst of al the darkness you have spots of bright hope, like Beren and Luthien. *sigh* The feeling of inevitable fate as the tale of Turin Turambur is told is so awfull. You know waht's going to happen. Melkor and Sauron are so evil, and the heroes like Beren are so completely pure. Tolkien can paint a picture with emotion like no other. His colors are so vivid! He makes uou want to jump in and plead with Feanor not to rebel, You want to hold the gates of gondolin with Hurin! You want to battle the balrog with Glorfindel! I could go on and on.

I remember the first time I read LOTR it was absolutely magical. The world was so rich and so new. I could feel the grass between my toes in the shire. I could hear the merry chants and funny songs of Tom Bombadil. I could smell the old forest I could taste the lembas. I gazed on the Pillars of argonath in awe. Moria was incredibly beautifull and tragic. The barrowdowns were creepy. Shelob was incredibly frightening. Sam's courage and devotion was truly inspiring.

I remember desperately wanting to hear the old tales about the world long ago. I remember a few such incidents in particular. The Barrowdowns made me dream of kings of old battling the forces of evil. The pillars of argonath made me want to discover who built them and why they were built. The white tree was so simply trajic that I needed to discover where it came from. That set me in a desperate search for the Silmarillion.

The first time I read the Silmarillion I didn't understand much of it, but by golly I was going to read the whole thing [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] So I ploughed through it without gaining much, but I had read it and I was proud of myself. When I came back to it a little while ago it was much richer and a thourghouly enjoyable experience. Whatever you do folks, don't miss the Silmarillion!

And I agree with red about the Morgoth thing [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

P.s. thanks for listing to my rambling [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

03-21-2002, 01:22 PM	#20
Dwarin Thunderhammer Khazad-Doomed Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Green Dragon Posts: 182	Spot on child of the 7th Age! I think you are most correct. Even though I am a Dwarf. (apology not accepted, none was needed) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] . I agree also with red, the Silmarillion is an extremely emotional book. It is totally epic, even more than the trilogy. I must admit I love sad stories and movies so the Silmarillion was right up my alley. Yet in the midst of al the darkness you have spots of bright hope, like Beren and Luthien. sigh The feeling of inevitable fate as the tale of Turin Turambur is told is so awfull. You know waht's going to happen. Melkor and Sauron are so evil, and the heroes like Beren are so completely pure. Tolkien can paint a picture with emotion like no other. His colors are so vivid! He makes uou want to jump in and plead with Feanor not to rebel, You want to hold the gates of gondolin with Hurin! You want to battle the balrog with Glorfindel! I could go on and on. I remember the first time I read LOTR it was absolutely magical. The world was so rich and so new. I could feel the grass between my toes in the shire. I could hear the merry chants and funny songs of Tom Bombadil. I could smell the old forest I could taste the lembas. I gazed on the Pillars of argonath in awe. Moria was incredibly beautifull and tragic. The barrowdowns were creepy. Shelob was incredibly frightening. Sam's courage and devotion was truly inspiring. I remember desperately wanting to hear the old tales about the world long ago. I remember a few such incidents in particular. The Barrowdowns made me dream of kings of old battling the forces of evil. The pillars of argonath made me want to discover who built them and why they were built. The white tree was so simply trajic that I needed to discover where it came from. That set me in a desperate search for the Silmarillion. The first time I read the Silmarillion I didn't understand much of it, but by golly I was going to read the whole thing [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] So I ploughed through it without gaining much, but I had read it and I was proud of myself. When I came back to it a little while ago it was much richer and a thourghouly enjoyable experience. Whatever you do folks, don't miss the Silmarillion! And I agree with red about the Morgoth thing [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] P.s. thanks for listing to my rambling [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ “Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd aimênu!” Come visit The Rohan RPG! The only RPG to fanfic on the downs! Without law there can be no freedom. Without justice there can be no law.