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11-22-2010, 04:28 PM #1
The Silmarillion: I knew I should not have given it away...
Looong time ago, I read the Hobbit.
After that I read the Lord Of the Rings (though I admit skipping the appendices). Thing is, at the time I was sick. Had the flu really, really bad. So I remember reading it, but I had no recollection of it, other than some fragments.
A year or so later I tried reading the silmarillion, but I couldn't get through it. It was as dull as watching grass grow. A big part of it is that I had no recollection of LOTR so not much of it made sense, and also because it is written as a history, rather than a story.
Some time ago, I remember holding it in my hands when culling my book collection, and thinking to myself: face it, you are never, ever going to read it. You might as well give it away. And I think I actually did that, because I can't find it anymore and it is not in my inventory lists.
Only recently I re-read LOTR (after having watched the movies for the umpteenth time) and this time I worked my way through the appendices. And the more I read, the more I wanted to learn about the history of the peoples of middle earth. I finished the last appendix yesterday, and thought it would be a good time to dive into the silmarillion... only to discover that I can't find it anymore and must have given it to the local librarian (along with a couple hundred other English books).
I guess I'll have to buy it... again...
It's a good opportunity to also buy 'The Hobbit' and 'The children of Hurin'.Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day