Strange place to read a book. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-23-2005, 02:47 AM

The most memorable place I have held a most memorable copy of LotR in my hands: Last summer, several Downs members met in Oxford to go to Tolkien's grave and see the sights. We stopped at the 'Eagle and Child', the pub where JRRT, C. S. Lewis and others met regularly, and there Squatter showed us (and let us page through) his first edition copy of LotR.

02-23-2005, 10:14 AM

I must go to a funeral of o person I don´t realy know so well. It was very boring, so I took my Manga out and read it secretly under the bench.
Well, that was not very pious, but the dead man don´t grumble me.

Lhunardawen · 02-26-2005, 03:45 AM

In the Philippines. Isn't that country strange?

gralin musicteeth · 03-01-2005, 07:16 PM

hi. been a while, hasn't it?

The strangest place I ever read Lord of the Rings was when I entred an all-night dance-off with my boyfriend. We were so bored and weary after about three hours that I read all of the Two Towers and part of The Return of the King hanging over his shoulder while he read The Fellowship of the Ring hanging over my shoulder.

I read The Silmarillon on top of Signal Hill, St. John's Newfoundland (Canada). The most Eastern point in North America. (I know it isn't very exciting, but it's something)

Encaitare · 03-01-2005, 09:23 PM

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I read all of the Two Towers and part of The Return of the King hanging over his shoulder while he read The Fellowship of the Ring hanging over my shoulder.

How romantic!

This weekend, I read RotK under the Gates (as promised) and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, choosing to refresh my memory of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields rather than look at a bunch of creepy fur and feather outfits.

Nuranar · 03-02-2005, 09:19 AM

(1) Standing and swaying in the Kiev, Ukraine, metro, riveted by the sheer grandeur of the language in the Pelennor Fields chapter.

(2) Reading FotR aloud to three brothers, two cousins, and their friend (all male), all of us in authentic American Civil War garb, sitting on the top of a hill in a stiff March breeze with the camps spread out below us.

(3) Reading all of the LotR aloud to my father this summer, during our 35 minute (each way) drive to work.

(4) Skimming the Silm for riddle material during geology lecture - two weeks ago.

(5) Finishing FotR for the first time at my brother's Little League game. (That's when I first discovered that the LotR is one story, not three related stories.)

I know there's more, but I'm so used to having a book with me anywhere and everywhere I go that I can't separate the occasions. Fun topic!

Mumak o' Harad · 03-02-2005, 02:26 PM

1- During an endless trial at the Local Court of Justice, pretending to be reading the case files (if my boss ever knew...).

2- Inside a 40 feet Container laden with 25 pound bags of Canadian lentil during the stevedores' lunch break.

02-23-2005, 02:47 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	The most memorable place I have held a most memorable copy of LotR in my hands: Last summer, several Downs members met in Oxford to go to Tolkien's grave and see the sights. We stopped at the 'Eagle and Child', the pub where JRRT, C. S. Lewis and others met regularly, and there Squatter showed us (and let us page through) his first edition copy of LotR. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-01-2005, 07:16 PM	#4
gralin musicteeth Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tossing half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams Posts: 360	hi. been a while, hasn't it? The strangest place I ever read Lord of the Rings was when I entred an all-night dance-off with my boyfriend. We were so bored and weary after about three hours that I read all of the Two Towers and part of The Return of the King hanging over his shoulder while he read The Fellowship of the Ring hanging over my shoulder. I read The Silmarillon on top of Signal Hill, St. John's Newfoundland (Canada). The most Eastern point in North America. (I know it isn't very exciting, but it's something) __________________ Where was the stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?

03-02-2005, 09:19 AM	#6
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	(1) Standing and swaying in the Kiev, Ukraine, metro, riveted by the sheer grandeur of the language in the Pelennor Fields chapter. (2) Reading FotR aloud to three brothers, two cousins, and their friend (all male), all of us in authentic American Civil War garb, sitting on the top of a hill in a stiff March breeze with the camps spread out below us. (3) Reading all of the LotR aloud to my father this summer, during our 35 minute (each way) drive to work. (4) Skimming the Silm for riddle material during geology lecture - two weeks ago. (5) Finishing FotR for the first time at my brother's Little League game. (That's when I first discovered that the LotR is one story, not three related stories.) I know there's more, but I'm so used to having a book with me anywhere and everywhere I go that I can't separate the occasions. Fun topic! __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

03-02-2005, 02:26 PM	#7
Mumak o' Harad Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 12	1- During an endless trial at the Local Court of Justice, pretending to be reading the case files (if my boss ever knew...). 2- Inside a 40 feet Container laden with 25 pound bags of Canadian lentil during the stevedores' lunch break. __________________ "We are jigsaw pieces aligned on the perimeter edge Interlocked through a missing piece..." by Derek Dick (a.k.a. Fish) Last edited by Mumak o' Harad; 03-19-2005 at 09:29 AM.

02-23-2005, 10:14 AM	#2
Shuki Guest Posts: n/a	I must go to a funeral of o person I don´t realy know so well. It was very boring, so I took my Manga out and read it secretly under the bench. Well, that was not very pious, but the dead man don´t grumble me.

02-26-2005, 03:45 AM	#3
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	In the Philippines. Isn't that country strange?