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Originally Posted by Nogrod
I think one of the problems with this kind of things is that people set the bar too high... I mean they're too gallant and if they then can't make it with the standards they have set themselves the thread dies.
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We were not gallant, but nobody followed us
Others started to fall apart...
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So how aobut no-one takes the kind of responsibility of alone providing the "base-text" / introduction (like it seems to be done in so many "read-along"-threads here) but we could either just a) make a deal about the intervals between the chapters and anyone could post (like a week to read and a week to discuss that or something)
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Well but this is basically what's been done this time. There was this "base-text", yes, but in fact, it was like that, at least myself, I posted just what I wanted to, what I noticed when reading this time and that was it. The "base-text" used was
Esty's introduction in the first post of the thread these few years ago, but then everybody just continued unfolding some thoughts, either based on that or their own. But then, the main point is, it WAS like that there was a week to discuss, but nobody discussed. So this is no difference.
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or b) the responsibility of the laying the groundwork for the discussion of each chapter would change so that no one would need to carry that task alone?
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As for this, like I said above, I think there is no problem. When
Esty had some things to do, preparing for that Tolkien seminary and such, she gave the responsibility to me, and I tried to more-or-less post in the continuing way. Then soon, it became so that I was the only one posting, but I went on, then we once again talked with
Esty and decided to try to post at least until the end of the FotR and then maybe stop the project if there continues to be no interest. Then, my exam terms came and I simply didn't have the will, time and all things to post even the three or so last chapters, since it seemed nobody's following anyway. But as I said, if the interest arises, I am prepared to go at any time now.
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Originally Posted by Rumil
Just a proposal....
How about Lommy, Nogrod, Groin and Eonwe [and everyone else of course (!!)] start from the beginning.
Legate and me and anyone else who has posted already on rerun2 respond to the new posts as we go along, (its good not to be just 'howling into the wind' as someone put it!) then pick up where we each left off in rerun2.
This at least gives Legate and Esty a bit of a break before we get into 'new' chapters.
What do you reckon??
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I think that's about their choice. Although from personal point of view, I am free to continue as it goes. That would be more than a "bit" of break, but then, if there are many people posting like this, why not and I can even join the discussions about the earlier chapters if there's something to discuss from the other people. It's only that, and I say it right here, I would not like to see myself starting to read LotR for the third time in a row and for the third time in a row stopping before the end of Book 2 or something like that
