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Guinevere · 02-02-2003, 12:24 PM

I always used to read my favourite books several times. But with no other book as LotR I was quite so spellbound that I couldn't " get out" of it's world again for - hmm, how long is it now? - nearly two years!

When I finished RotK, I walked about in a dreamy, melancholy mood, every now and then picking up the books and browsing through my favourite parts. I then read the appendix, then the Silmarillion, because there were so many intriguing allusions and mysterious things in LotR, that I wanted to know more about.
The Silmarillion puzzled me - not only its style being quite different, but it seemed so incredibly sombre and pessimistic and lacked the hope I found in LotR.
For more information I read Tolkiens biography, and now his letters.
Every time I reread LotR (or part of it) I find new meaning in it. And I always enjoy Tolkiens beautiful language.

02-02-2003, 12:24 PM	#11
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I always used to read my favourite books several times. But with no other book as LotR I was quite so spellbound that I couldn't " get out" of it's world again for - hmm, how long is it now? - nearly two years! When I finished RotK, I walked about in a dreamy, melancholy mood, every now and then picking up the books and browsing through my favourite parts. I then read the appendix, then the Silmarillion, because there were so many intriguing allusions and mysterious things in LotR, that I wanted to know more about. The Silmarillion puzzled me - not only its style being quite different, but it seemed so incredibly sombre and pessimistic and lacked the hope I found in LotR. For more information I read Tolkiens biography, and now his letters. Every time I reread LotR (or part of it) I find new meaning in it. And I always enjoy Tolkiens beautiful language. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!