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Lord of the ReReads: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
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Aug 17, 2019 07:02AM
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I’m excited!! I reread the Hobbit pretty often, but it’s been probably over 15 years since I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Before I knew it, I'm well into chapter 2. :D It has been so long since I've read the books that the movies have reworked my memories. Ug. For example, I forgot how much time passed between the leaving of Bilbo and the return of Gandalf to talk about the true identity of the "ring"!
Edward wrote: "Chris wrote: "Before I knew it, I'm well into chapter 2. :D It has been so long since I've read the books that the movies have reworked my memories. Ug. For example, I forgot how much time passed b..."An idea for a video series...interesting differences between book and movie. :D
My memory of the last time reading this felt wordy and because my memory is skewed by that, this time it feels like I am reading an abridged copy.
Chapter one does a wonderful job of bridging the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings I think.
I gotta play catch-up. Will read chapter 1 and 2 tonight.
Chapter 2 does a fantastic job of setting everything up. Again the connection to the Hobbit is flawless. The character and world building is actual done quite economically but still carries so much weight. Just masterfully done. I’m not sure if everyone is caught up, so I won’t give specifics examples.
I'm going to listen to it. Found my old copy on Audible and remembered how much I enjoyed listening to it. I'll read book two and three as I've not read them yet.
Sounds great. I’ve both read them, and listened on audible, and it’s a great experience either way. Both ways of consuming the books hit the same part of your brain, you’ll remember the story the same way. Audible just eliminated the decoding part of the process that reading gives you...Man I sound like the book club nerd now.😂
Shawn wrote: "Sounds great. I’ve both read them, and listened on audible, and it’s a great experience either way. Both ways of consuming the books hit the same part of your brain, you’ll remember the story the s..."I agree, about the brain bit. lol .😂
"J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the manuscript for The Lord of The Rings on a typewriter using only two fingers. I bet that was bloody Morder." - Jimmy Carr
SPOILERS!!! CHAPTER 1 and 2 SPOILERS!!!!Listened to Chapter 1 and 2. Listening to Gandalf go into detail about the ring and the others made by the Dark Lord was thrilling. It really sets the tone for what's the come. Shows the darkness that awaits. Love it.
I’m a few pages from the end of chapter one (class started last night so I ran out of time to finish the chapter) but I’m really enjoying it so far! Chapter 1 is so much like the Hobbit in tone it’s hard not to love it. And I adore that it begins with ‘A Long Awaited Party’ as a nod to the Hobbit beginning with ‘An Unexpected Party.’ I’m taking my readings a bit further this time by annotating (wish I had thought to start that with the Hobbit, but I was enjoying it too much lol), and also supplementing by listening to episodes of the Prancing Pony Podcast (well, until I run out of episodes, anyway, because they’ve only reached Fellowship Chapter 12) and, as time allows, the Tolkien Professor Podcast, though I haven’t dug into that one yet because there’s years and years of content and I have to figure out the best place to start.
The Prancing Pony Podcast has already been a great resource - it was listening to it that I learned why there’s a rehash of the Hobbit in the Prologue. That wasn’t just to catch up people who hadn’t read the Hobbit yet, but to clear up changes between the first and second editions of the book. In Tolkien’s first edition, Riddles in the Dark was exactly how Bilbo described the encounter to the dwarves - that is, Gollum freely offered the ring as a prize to the game, was distressed to realize he’d lost it when he lost the game, and offered to show Bilbo the way out instead. It wasn’t until Tolkien was writing the Lord of the Rings and he began to see the Ring’s true nature that he realized Gollum never would have been able to give it up so freely, so he went back and did revisions to change the Riddles in the Dark. The problem then was, of course, that some people had only ever read the first edition of the Hobbit, so he needed to inform them of the ‘real’ story while also offering an explanation about why their editions were different - which is why he says in the Prologue that Bilbo never did tell the true story in There And Back Again, and that it was only later that others changed it to reflect the truth. A really clever bit of retconning on Tolkien’s part, I think.
Anyway, that’s been my lecture for the day lol. I hope everyone is loving the book so far!
The escape from the Shire seems more intense than I remember. I am on edge...even with the scenic descriptions.
All the characters look like the Actors from Peter Jackson’s trilogy in my imagination this read through. I think they have been permanently implanted in my mind.
I agree. You can see why some things were cut from the movie trilogy for sure.
Gamgee is a treat. Saying goodbye to a beer barrel. haha
Yes. I nice little plateau in the story.
The mushroom chapter I thought was a nice little tease of what's to come. I can see why it makes people itch for the real adventure. It did me.
I'm on a family vacation, but still reading. I've made it to bree. Where is everyone?
I’ll be reading chapter 6 tomorrow. I think I’m in the right place.
I just reached the location when the gang venture into the forest after leaving Bilbo's pseudo home.
The old forest is creepy and it sounds almost cute with the way it was written. Which makes it creepier!
I think the old forest is creepy because it takes what we know, and even love, about the woods and turns it on its head.
Edward wrote: "This has come to q screeching halt. Anyone else struggling? Took me an hour to read a fifteen page chapter!"Nah, even listening to it, it's obviously wordy.
I'm fine so far. I'm about half way through the book. But, the Tom bombadil chapter was slow.
I've reached chapter eleven. Where is everyone else at?
I’m a chapter behind. Just hit chapter 8, but I will catch up today. Yesterday was just one of those days.
Im on chapter 12. I will have to slow down. Lol
I just reached the bit with the snow. That's all I'll say. This is near where I left off when I first started reading the book but never got back too. So soon it'll all be brand new to me.
Edward wrote: "Guys, I've definitely fallen out of love with this. just reached the chapter titled Strider and I really hope it picks up because I'm growing bored."Damn, hope it picks up for you.
There is an awful lot of talking, and little action. But I'm to the point in the book that is new to me so I'm enjoying it. Hope the book picks up for you, E.
I’m on chapter 11. I’m finding it very wordy as well. I know I can get through it, but the book is definitely showing it’s age in terms of its writing style.
Chapter 11 was very slow for me too. But, i still enjoyed it. Just had to slow my reading.
I am disappointed that the Last Bridge was even a thing.
Just got to Book 2. A lot of walking and a tense moment. I liked Chapter 12. Especially the scene with the trolls. :D
I'm on chapter 8. Interesting but underwhelming. But I don't want to stop, which is unusual for me. I wish there was less talking. I think if I were reading it I'd have bowed out by now.
J.B. wrote: "I'm on chapter 8. Interesting but underwhelming. But I don't want to stop, which is unusual for me. I wish there was less talking. I think if I were reading it I'd have bowed out by now."
I agree. I feel underwhelmed compared to how I remember it. But, still enjoyable.
The parts with Gollum following thw group are really creepy.
Finished The Lord of The Rings. Has everyone moved onto book two?
J.B. wrote: "Finished The Lord of The Rings. Has everyone moved onto book two?"I just got to RIvendell. :D Only because I am reading 4 books at the moment. One of which I put a deadline on.
Doing the chapter a day thing as well. Just got to Rivendale.
oh man, I'd have slowed down. I thought everyone was ahead of me.
