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Lady of Rohan · 03-10-2003, 06:19 PM

I just bought a book of maps, that happened during the Silmarrilion time, and I bought my own copy of The Silm.

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-11-2003, 01:03 AM

Good luck! The Silmarillion can be a tough read (I floundered terribly on my first try), but it's well-worth it!

Shadowfax · 03-16-2003, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lady of Rohan
I just bought a book of maps, that happened during the Silmarrilion time, and I bought my own copy of The Silm.

What is the book of maps called?

Insidious Rex · 03-16-2003, 11:31 PM

Is that the Atlas of Middle Earth?

Elvellyn · 03-16-2003, 11:53 PM

I got a copy of the Sil from the library. I haven't gotten very far yet, but what I have read is facinating!
Can't wait to get my own copy though.

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-17-2003, 09:51 AM

My copy is from the first American printing, so

. Of course, it IS a bit torn up...

ArwenEvenstar · 03-22-2003, 02:43 PM

i started it 4 times before i actually finished it. I fully read it for the first time when I was 11.

Elvellyn · 03-22-2003, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
My copy is from the first American printing, so . Of course, it IS a bit torn up...

Where did you find it and how much did it cost?

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-22-2003, 09:20 PM

A friend gave it to me.

As a direct result, it didn't cost a cent.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 03-22-2003, 11:26 PM

Well, I have the first edition also

, and I bought it new for $25.00 when it first came out in 1977. I guess I'm showing my age with that brag.

Fëannel · 03-23-2003, 07:35 AM

Yeh the Silmarillion is really hard to read at points cuz theres so many characters and there are bad Easterlings that marry good women and then good people kill them... but it's my favourite book and it's really good if you can grip the story. Just get a few of the main points straight first:
Fëanor & Sons: &#$*#(*@# ~ very mean people
Finrod ~ o so nice, and o so pretty. *Prettier than Legolas, and that's confirmed by Tolkien himself!*
Lúthien ~ prettiest of the 'Children of Ilúvatar' ever to walk the earth

You'd better have read Valaquenta and Ainulindalë, otherwise it'll NEVER make sense... the first parts of it anyway, and those are some long long first parts!

O, and, just so you know: savour 'Of Beren and Lúthien', and just get 'Of Túrin Turambar' over with as fast as u possibly can!

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 03-23-2003, 03:23 PM

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Finrod ~ o so nice, and o so pretty. *Prettier than Legolas, and that's confirmed by Tolkien himself!*

Oh no, another Finrod admirer! Can I stand the competition?

Welcome to Entmoot.

Inderjit Sanghera · 03-23-2003, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Fëanor & Sons: &#$*#(*@# ~ very mean people

Oh really? I'll debate with you if you want on how 'mean' the Sons of Feanor were. As Public Enemy said 'Don't believe the hype'.

Quote:

Finrod ~ o so nice, and o so pretty. *Prettier than Legolas, and that's confirmed by Tolkien himself!*

Maybe, but Ectehlion, Feanor and Finarfin we're all prettier.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 03-23-2003, 03:52 PM

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Maybe, but Ectehlion, Feanor and Finarfin we're all prettier

WRONG!

Inderjit Sanghera · 03-24-2003, 07:50 AM

SGH do you want quotes?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 03-24-2003, 08:40 AM

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Originally posted by Inderjit Sanghera
SGH do you want quotes?

Nope, don't need any quotes. I already know.

Inderjit Sanghera · 03-25-2003, 06:54 AM

You REALLY am in love with you aren't you? Ah.....how sweet.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 03-25-2003, 02:04 PM

BeardofPants · 03-25-2003, 02:59 PM

In Love? More like obsessive. *runs very fast away from the admin stick.*

Arien the Maia · 03-25-2003, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
WRONG!

I believe Maedhros was well shaped...like his father!

03-11-2003, 01:03 AM	#22
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Good luck! The Silmarillion can be a tough read (I floundered terribly on my first try), but it's well-worth it! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-16-2003, 11:31 PM	#24
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Is that the Atlas of Middle Earth? __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

03-16-2003, 11:53 PM	#25
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	I got a copy of the Sil from the library. I haven't gotten very far yet, but what I have read is facinating! Can't wait to get my own copy though. __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

03-17-2003, 09:51 AM	#26
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	My copy is from the first American printing, so . Of course, it IS a bit torn up... __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-22-2003, 02:43 PM	#27
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	i started it 4 times before i actually finished it. I fully read it for the first time when I was 11. __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

03-10-2003, 06:19 PM	#21
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	I just bought a book of maps, that happened during the Silmarrilion time, and I bought my own copy of The Silm.

03-22-2003, 09:20 PM	#29
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	A friend gave it to me. As a direct result, it didn't cost a cent. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-22-2003, 11:26 PM	#30
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Well, I have the first edition also , and I bought it new for $25.00 when it first came out in 1977. I guess I'm showing my age with that brag. __________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

03-23-2003, 07:35 AM	#31
Fëannel Sapling Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 10	Re: im confused Yeh the Silmarillion is really hard to read at points cuz theres so many characters and there are bad Easterlings that marry good women and then good people kill them... but it's my favourite book and it's really good if you can grip the story. Just get a few of the main points straight first: Fëanor & Sons: &#$#(@# ~ very mean people Finrod ~ o so nice, and o so pretty. Prettier than Legolas, and that's confirmed by Tolkien himself! Lúthien ~ prettiest of the 'Children of Ilúvatar' ever to walk the earth You'd better have read Valaquenta and Ainulindalë, otherwise it'll NEVER make sense... the first parts of it anyway, and those are some long long first parts! O, and, just so you know: savour 'Of Beren and Lúthien', and just get 'Of Túrin Turambar' over with as fast as u possibly can! __________________ Fëannel~in~Náriel

03-24-2003, 07:50 AM	#35
Inderjit Sanghera Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wolverhampton, England. Posts: 260	SGH do you want quotes?

03-25-2003, 06:54 AM	#37
Inderjit Sanghera Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wolverhampton, England. Posts: 260	You REALLY am in love with you aren't you? Ah.....how sweet.

03-25-2003, 02:04 PM	#38
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	__________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

03-25-2003, 02:59 PM	#39
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	In Love? More like obsessive. runs very fast away from the admin stick. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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