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mwcfrodo · 09-04-2000, 09:42 AM

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Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR

I used to skip all the battles when I'd reread it because what compelled me, besides Tolkien's writing style itself, was the confrontation of good and evil within and between the individuals. The battle's were awfully boring. I found nothing heroic and noble about mass killing. Necessary or unavoidable, but not entralling. Perhaps that's a "chick-thing." I didn't enjoy being dragged to all the Civil War battlefields in my home state either. After all some sage once quipped "Men go to war because they can not go through childbirth." ;-)

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09-04-2000, 09:42 AM	#11
mwcfrodo Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 41	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR I used to skip all the battles when I'd reread it because what compelled me, besides Tolkien's writing style itself, was the confrontation of good and evil within and between the individuals. The battle's were awfully boring. I found nothing heroic and noble about mass killing. Necessary or unavoidable, but not entralling. Perhaps that's a "chick-thing." I didn't enjoy being dragged to all the Civil War battlefields in my home state either. After all some sage once quipped "Men go to war because they can not go through childbirth." ;-) </p>