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04-26-2002, 10:57 PM | #1 |
Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien
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I found Farmer Giles of Ham/Smith of Wootton Major!!!
Yay! I've been searching for this forever! And only 6 bucks at B&N, I got lucky...
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04-27-2002, 09:18 AM | #2 |
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I've read them both and liked them. "Smith" is a little hard to understand at times (one of those where you have to re-read parts to try to get the underlying meaning), but Farmer Giles is GREAT. I LOVE that story!
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04-28-2002, 09:14 PM | #3 |
Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien
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I've read the first couple of pages of "Farmer" since it's first, and it is kind of confusing. But then again, it was midnight, so....
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04-30-2002, 06:31 PM | #4 |
Elf Lord
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Never read Smith, how is it?
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04-30-2002, 07:55 PM | #5 |
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It's a strange story, but it's so short it's really worth reading, esp. for Tolkein fans. I liked it.
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05-01-2002, 08:41 PM | #6 |
Elven Warrior
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I read Farmer Giles of Ham over spring break. I liked it.
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05-01-2002, 11:15 PM | #7 |
Elf Lord
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Both are good stories.
I also HIGHLY recommend "Leaf by Niggle". It's very interesting, when you consider who Niggle could be seen to represent.
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05-06-2002, 12:24 AM | #8 |
Elf Lord
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"Smith" & "Farmer" are great! Didn't think "Smith" was confusing at all, read it in one sitting (and really should reread it soon, it's such a beautiful little tale).
Heard "Niggle" was well worth reading, should look it up next time i go bookstore-hopping... breathe - relax - semester's over, aryne * |
05-07-2002, 08:21 PM | #9 |
Elf Lord
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Yeah, "Niggle" was good. Read it on the way home from my sister's B-Ball game. But I thought Tolkien disliked allegory. It seemed kinda like one to me.
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04-25-2003, 05:21 AM | #10 |
Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood
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I bought that book this morning, I've already rented it from the libary and read it, but I needed to add it to my Tolkien book collection (Now 25 books )
I love the story, I fell in love with Garm. (I got it for 4$, bought it in Las Vegas before I took the 20 hour flight back home.) |
04-25-2003, 03:59 PM | #11 |
Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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Yes, Garm's funny! I have read both Smith and Farmer Giles and like them both. Smith is interesting and has a rather sad aura about it. Tolkien once said it wasn't a story for children or something like that in one of his letters - here it is, from letter 299 - "An old man's book, already weighted with the presage of 'bereavement'." Leaf by Niggle is also very interesting.
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06-30-2003, 01:39 AM | #12 |
Elven Warrior
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I was lucky enough to find a REALLY old one, like, from the sixties. It's cool, its got medievel style illistrations.
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06-30-2003, 10:41 AM | #13 | |
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07-01-2003, 03:03 PM | #14 | |
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Any other comments on Smith? It was really interesting to me, and I'd like to hear some Mooter's opinions on it.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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