Re: OT: Tolkein Non-Fanism
| From: | Dan Seriff <microtonal@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 1, 2001, 22:18 |
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David Peterson wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/1/01 7:33:39 AM, microtonal@SERICAP.COM writes:
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> << > I'm not a Tolkien fan,
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> Heresy! A conlanger not a Tolkien fan? Unthinkable! :) >>
>
> I've tried to read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring on two
> non-consecutive occasions (Simpsons joke), and have failed at both. I made a
> serious attempt at the latter just this summer--could not do it! I'd much
> rather read Tom Robbins's new book. :) Anyway, I say it's okay to be a
> non-Tolkiener on Conlang! Stand with me, brethren; I know ye exist!
No offense intended, of course. I can understand quite well how one
wouldn't be able to get into Tolkien. His writing style is very dense,
and I actually had failed attempts to read both the trilogy and the
Silmarillion. The Hobbit I've read about 7 times over the course of my
life, and I never get tired of it. To each his own.
> -David
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