Moi aussi, Roger, bang on - it was endlessly boring. I did feel a
certain amount of sympathy with the Gollum, who is the only character I
can specifically remember.
mjay
Roger Day wrote:
> I read LOTR endlessly when I was young - I detest it. Tolkien should
> have stuck to Medeivel pixies or whatever it was he as at.
>
> The Silmarillion is like reading paint dry. But worse.
>
> Roger
> On 3/27/07, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I have never managed to read the Silmarillion it seemed terrible after I
>> enjoyed Lord of the Rings(a favourite)(had to wait for it's section
>> to come
>> out.is there no hope for me??
>> P hopeless??
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of meikamonagmail
>> Sent: 26 March 2007 22:11
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Sinatra, Cave Lou Reed, Chalk, Poetry in Prose
>>
>> in fact my .before Country is my Silmarillion you see,
>>
>> On 27/03/2007, at 0:31, kasper salonen wrote:
>>
>> > now that you mention it the Silmarillion has a whole hell of a lot of
>> > poetry mixed in with the prose, mainly because it's a sort of mega
>> > creation/folk tale amalgam & the poetry represents 'actual' stories
>> > told from generation to the next. also the world is created through
>> > song, which makes songs (& therefore lyrics) central to the narration.
>> >
>> > KS
>> >
>> > On 25/03/07, meikamonagmail <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >> On 25/03/2007, at 2:42, Cindy Lee wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Poetry in Prose - did anyone read the piece(s?) in Harry Potter -
>> >> > Order of the Phoenix, I think?
>> >> >
>> >> > Off to retrieve footballs from next door's back garden...
>> >> >
>> >> > Cindy
>> >>
>> >> no but I'll ask the other,
>> >> if truth be told I first came across it in Tolkien's Middle Earth...
>> >>
>> >> meika
>> >> http:/meika.loofs-samorzewski.com
>> >>
>>
>
>
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