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Marileangorifurnimaluim · 01-16-2002, 12:44 AM

73 times, my god! My Dad couldn't believe I read it 14 times in high school, and still had 100 or so books under the bed (that's where I chucked all the books I owned and read, as opposed to the library books.. uh.. well every now and then a forgotten library book would turn up. Ooops.) After 20 I lost count, though I didn't read it as often as an adult. I did read the Simarillion, but in HS it was like mountain climbing: I got to the top, I finished - now get me out of here. I'm curious about the HoME, 'specially any sections on the languages. As I read other works, I learn the depth of the underpinings needed for a work of this scope. It's through lesser works that I appreciate Tolkien's mastery. In world-building he has no peer.
-Maril

01-16-2002, 12:44 AM	#34
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	73 times, my god! My Dad couldn't believe I read it 14 times in high school, and still had 100 or so books under the bed (that's where I chucked all the books I owned and read, as opposed to the library books.. uh.. well every now and then a forgotten library book would turn up. Ooops.) After 20 I lost count, though I didn't read it as often as an adult. I did read the Simarillion, but in HS it was like mountain climbing: I got to the top, I finished - now get me out of here. I'm curious about the HoME, 'specially any sections on the languages. As I read other works, I learn the depth of the underpinings needed for a work of this scope. It's through lesser works that I appreciate Tolkien's mastery. In world-building he has no peer. -Maril __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?