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Old 04-13-2007, 10:03 PM   #1
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I just might join that lurking party. Being too young to have been around during the time when Tolkien's other works were first released, I'm quite excited about this one. Besides, the gorgeous cover art alone is tempting enough to make me fetch a copy as soon as possible. Salsa dancing and Tolkien on the same day; life doesn't get much better from that.
How about this... last exam and THE Tolkien event of my lifetime. Yeah yeah yeah, you oldies will say "oh, it was so much more fun when the Silmarillion came out"... but odds are, this is the last time a "new" Tolkien book will come out... and man, am I excited about it.

Of course, right now that exam looms in the horizon like the shadow of a storm that's yet to come, so I'm not quite enjoying the prospect of writing it... yet, once it's done.... I'll have LOTS of time to dedicate to my new book... my own... my preciousssss.....

Oh yeah, I'm already going all Gollum-like over it.
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Old 04-15-2007, 05:41 PM   #2
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I changed my avatar to the piece by the Finnish painter Axel Gallen-Kallela (the same painter as my last avvie) named "Kullervon kirous" - the Curse of Kullervo I might quess it is in English.

If there are copies of the book availalble later in the day I might try and purchase two of them. One to myself and another one to Lommy - as I know she will not be lining up there in earnest anyway in the morning (or then I'm mistaken as we didn't remember to discuss this as she was here during the weekend).

It's great that the thing we get like this is my favourite story - it was a really troublesome one when I first read the story of Kullervo before I went to school at 70's...!
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Old 04-15-2007, 05:44 PM   #3
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I'll probably be reading. Call me crazy, I know!
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Old 04-15-2007, 05:48 PM   #4
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I think I will be doing the dishes. . .

I am with Eomer on this one, I just can't get all hyped up about it.

I'll probably buy it soon, but still. . .


btw I thought Maglor was LJ-Me due to the avy
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Old 04-15-2007, 05:50 PM   #5
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Old 04-16-2007, 02:43 AM   #6
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Seeing as I already have my De-Luxe edition in me mitts right now - I don't know what I'll be doing on the actual day of release now!

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Old 04-16-2007, 03:13 AM   #7
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Rune has the same picture you have as an avatar as his userpic on his LiveJournal account.

I have to admit I mistook you for him several times already and wondered why Rune suddenly has so few posts.
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Old 04-16-2007, 04:15 AM   #8
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Now it's clear. I will go to by it at 10 am (the bookstore opens at 9 am) and hope I get it...!

By the way, I don't know why I'm so hype about this... I mean, there's still loads of unread Tolkien for me since I've only read two of the HoME this far...
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