How Many Times?

GandalfTheWhite · 03-22-2002, 01:43 AM

How many times have you read LotR, i wont lie i am still finishing ROTK for my first time, do you still find new interesting things every time you read?

Cirdan · 03-22-2002, 02:18 AM

Only three, myself. I know if I start that I have to read them all the way through to the exclusion of anyting else. Every read is better (so far) because of the depth and detail of the work. There are so many threads that you may tend to overlook something. On the first read I was so into the action and plot I missed a good deal of the myth and setting details. When you finish you shoukd give the Silmarillion a go and the re-read the LotR. The links are great to find. Enjoy!

BeardofPants · 03-22-2002, 03:29 AM

Seven times! It gets better each time! Everytime you re-read it, new detail springs forth, where last time it might have passed you by. I always enjoy reading the Moria sequences, which are damned scary. Also. love it when the fellowship breaks, and Frodo and Sam go off down the river by themselves... and of coure, I love all the battle scenes, the competition betweeen Legolas, and Gimli, and the Pippin & Merry scenes with the Ents!

The first time around, when I first read it (aged 14) there were bits that bored me. The second time around (when I knew where the story was going) was infinately easier to read, and now, that I have finished my 7th go, I find myself even reading the songs, and poems! Eight years after first reading LOTR, now I'm beginning to read the Sil. It comes in a Full Circle.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-22-2002, 03:38 AM

Two times, within 4 months. I just finished it again for the second time today! I had been putting off the last chapter for a while, but now I'm going to start (re-start, rather) The Silmarillion.

Oh, and I've also listened to the BBC production once all the way through. Does that count?

eowyn144 · 03-22-2002, 02:53 PM

only once so far. have read silmarillion and am reading unfinished tales but then will definetly definetly read lotr again. can't wait but am taking my time with unfinished tales.

Finrod Felagund · 03-22-2002, 03:27 PM

I honestly can't count, so many times over ten times maybe even over fifteen.

Finrod Felagund · 03-22-2002, 03:28 PM

Not to mention reading the Hobbit,, Silmarillion, Unfinished tales and several parts of the Hisory of Midde Earth.

frodosgirlfriend · 03-22-2002, 05:23 PM

i'm only reading ttt i've never even read the fellowship

i will though. i'm hoping to be able to read every tolkin book ever. My dad spoiled alot of stuff so i know alot for only being on chapter 4 of part 2.

Twilight · 03-22-2002, 08:57 PM

I think it is three times, but I am working on a forth. I have read the Sil twice, and the Hobbit 6 times at least. Each time I find plenty of new things. Maybe it is because my memory isn't too good.

BeardofPants · 03-22-2002, 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by Twilight
I think it is three times, but I am working on a forth. I have read the Sil twice, and the Hobbit 6 times at least. Each time I find plenty of new things. Maybe it is because my memory isn't too good.

I know what you mean, Twilight, every time I re-read the books I learn something new! Probably because I have forgotten them from last time ...

However, I have still yet to read the Sil, it's been quite hard work for me... (this from the person who has managed to read the entire Dune series...). Do you have any tips on how to make the reading easier?

Khadrane · 03-22-2002, 11:01 PM

Only four times.

And I've been a fan for three years.

Radagast The Brown · 03-23-2002, 06:29 AM

I read it 2 times

(that because I have just 2 books from the three and the third is in the library

sheeplova · 03-23-2002, 02:28 PM

Khadrane don't feel too bad I've only read it five times and I've been a fan for about 12 years.

markedel · 03-23-2002, 02:32 PM

LOTR too many times. Sil 3 times, the hobbit twice, and unfinsihed tales a couple of times.

Rána Eressëa · 03-23-2002, 03:08 PM

Three myself. I have to put some time in between

RosieCotton · 03-24-2002, 11:07 AM

I've read it three times, but I'm reading the Sillmarillion now and I plan to re-read LOTR when I finish....after reading The Sil I'll probably appriciate it more.
~Rosie~

Elf Girl · 03-24-2002, 12:07 PM

I don't count... I don't always read it over from the very beginning, you know, I'll just reread a scene and keep on going or something.

RosieCotton · 03-25-2002, 10:04 AM

I've only read the entire thing straight through three times (I'm starting it again as soon as my stupid older brother gives me FOTR back!) But, I've read my favorite sections about one hundred times.
~Rosie~

Grey_Wolf · 03-26-2002, 09:00 AM

I've read LOTR almost every year from 1979 until 2000 and found it just as fascinating every time. Have read The Silmarillion twice. The Hobbit once.

//Grey_Wolf

RosieCotton · 03-26-2002, 09:14 AM

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Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
I've read LOTR almost every year from 1979 until 2000 and found it just as fascinating every time. Have read The Silmarillion twice. The Hobbit once.

//Grey_Wolf

Wow, I'm impressed.

03-22-2002, 01:43 AM	#1
GandalfTheWhite Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 297	How Many Times? How many times have you read LotR, i wont lie i am still finishing ROTK for my first time, do you still find new interesting things every time you read? __________________ "Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council." -Gandalf The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. "He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom." -Gandalf "A thing is about to happen which has not happened since the Elder Days: the Ents are going to wake up and find that they are strong." -Gandalf

03-22-2002, 02:18 AM	#2
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	Only three, myself. I know if I start that I have to read them all the way through to the exclusion of anyting else. Every read is better (so far) because of the depth and detail of the work. There are so many threads that you may tend to overlook something. On the first read I was so into the action and plot I missed a good deal of the myth and setting details. When you finish you shoukd give the Silmarillion a go and the re-read the LotR. The links are great to find. Enjoy! __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

03-22-2002, 03:29 AM	#3
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Seven times! It gets better each time! Everytime you re-read it, new detail springs forth, where last time it might have passed you by. I always enjoy reading the Moria sequences, which are damned scary. Also. love it when the fellowship breaks, and Frodo and Sam go off down the river by themselves... and of coure, I love all the battle scenes, the competition betweeen Legolas, and Gimli, and the Pippin & Merry scenes with the Ents! The first time around, when I first read it (aged 14) there were bits that bored me. The second time around (when I knew where the story was going) was infinately easier to read, and now, that I have finished my 7th go, I find myself even reading the songs, and poems! Eight years after first reading LOTR, now I'm beginning to read the Sil. It comes in a Full Circle. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

03-22-2002, 03:38 AM	#4
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Two times, within 4 months. I just finished it again for the second time today! I had been putting off the last chapter for a while, but now I'm going to start (re-start, rather) The Silmarillion. Oh, and I've also listened to the BBC production once all the way through. Does that count? __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-22-2002, 02:53 PM	#5
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	only once so far. have read silmarillion and am reading unfinished tales but then will definetly definetly read lotr again. can't wait but am taking my time with unfinished tales. __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

03-22-2002, 03:27 PM	#6
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	I honestly can't count, so many times over ten times maybe even over fifteen. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

03-22-2002, 03:28 PM	#7
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Not to mention reading the Hobbit,, Silmarillion, Unfinished tales and several parts of the Hisory of Midde Earth. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

03-22-2002, 05:23 PM	#8
frodosgirlfriend Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in la la land, you know, the place you go during math class Posts: 452	i'm only reading ttt i've never even read the fellowship i will though. i'm hoping to be able to read every tolkin book ever. My dad spoiled alot of stuff so i know alot for only being on chapter 4 of part 2. __________________ LOOK A WEBSITE!!! LETS CLICK ON IT!!!!!! --------------------------------------------- AND FGF'S MOST GORGEOUS MAN ALIVE AT THE MOMENT'S AWARD GOES TO......... BRANDON BOYD (yes once again) !!!!! WOOOO!!! ---------------------------------------------- Hottness has no count for age.... thats why I'm merrying a forty year old who goes by the name of JOHNNY DEPP!!!! ----------------------------------------------- Fortune cookies tell all, so when i got the cookie telling me to date my love i became a stalker to Johnny Depp, and when i find him my excuse will be "the cookie made me do it" ------------------------------------------------ I'm not stupid, I'm special ------------------------------------------------ "But why is the rum gone?" "Captian, Catian Jack Sparrow" "pa-pa-pa parsnip, parla, --" "Just don't do anything... stupid" "WELL IT BLOODY IS NOW!" ~Captian Jack Sparrow ------------------------------------------------ Read my FP.net story!!!

03-22-2002, 08:57 PM	#9
Twilight Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wilmore, KY Posts: 269	I think it is three times, but I am working on a forth. I have read the Sil twice, and the Hobbit 6 times at least. Each time I find plenty of new things. Maybe it is because my memory isn't too good. __________________ Sometimes I wonder how many monkeys with typewritters it would take to reproduce what I just wrote.

03-22-2002, 11:01 PM	#11
Khadrane Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth (I wish) Posts: 670	Only four times. And I've been a fan for three years. __________________ Few know whither their road will take them till they come to its end. -Legolas FRODO LIVES! ABORTION IS HOMICIDE

03-23-2002, 06:29 AM	#12
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	I read it 2 times (that because I have just 2 books from the three and the third is in the library __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

03-23-2002, 02:28 PM	#13
sheeplova Sapling Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: East Coast, semi large city Posts: 3	Khadrane don't feel too bad I've only read it five times and I've been a fan for about 12 years.

03-23-2002, 02:32 PM	#14
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	LOTR too many times. Sil 3 times, the hobbit twice, and unfinsihed tales a couple of times. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

03-23-2002, 03:08 PM	#15
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Three myself. I have to put some time in between

03-24-2002, 11:07 AM	#16
RosieCotton Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hobbiton...no wait.... Posts: 263	I've read it three times, but I'm reading the Sillmarillion now and I plan to re-read LOTR when I finish....after reading The Sil I'll probably appriciate it more. ~Rosie~ __________________ Fortune rides like the Sun on high With the fox that makes the ravens fly Luck his sould, the lightning his eye He snatches the moons from out of the sky.

03-24-2002, 12:07 PM	#17
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I don't count... I don't always read it over from the very beginning, you know, I'll just reread a scene and keep on going or something. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

03-25-2002, 10:04 AM	#18
RosieCotton Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hobbiton...no wait.... Posts: 263	I've only read the entire thing straight through three times (I'm starting it again as soon as my stupid older brother gives me FOTR back!) But, I've read my favorite sections about one hundred times. ~Rosie~ __________________ Fortune rides like the Sun on high With the fox that makes the ravens fly Luck his sould, the lightning his eye He snatches the moons from out of the sky.

03-26-2002, 09:00 AM	#19
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	I've read LOTR almost every year from 1979 until 2000 and found it just as fascinating every time. Have read The Silmarillion twice. The Hobbit once. //Grey_Wolf

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