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PotbellyHairyfoot
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on: January 17, 2016 02:08
I'm considering picking a Tolkien authored book and discussing it in the Book Club while doing so. I'd like to start in March or April, so that I have some time to prepare.

Is anyone else interested and are there any suggestions as to which book to discuss? It can be one of the early books, or one of the more recent non-Middle-earth volumes.
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on: January 17, 2016 03:43
Sounds interesting how about the Silmarillion?
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on: January 17, 2016 10:35
I could go for reading The Silmarillion again. I have read it many times, but the time I read it with a book buddy was the best and the easiest to understand.
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on: January 18, 2016 08:23
The Silmarillion is the next on my list after I finally finish the Hobbit.
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on: January 19, 2016 02:40
My original paperback Sil actually looks like it would survive another read! (The middle third of my paperback TT is lose-leaf ). And anyway, I have an unread hardcover backup.
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on: January 19, 2016 10:37
I have a lot of stickies in my Sil because I used it for research when I wrote fan fic a long time ago. I'd go for doing it again as well. Just have to find it amongst the boxes. Already sort of packing for our move next year to the wilds of Colorado.
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on: January 19, 2016 11:28
Looks like we have a book. I'll need help once I get us going.
Should we try the old format of Questions, a Quote to discuss and some Illustrations to support the text?
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on: January 20, 2016 10:01
Could we also have a general discussion about what we have read?
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on: January 21, 2016 11:36
A general discussion sounds like a good idea. I hope to participate as much as possibly, though college homework may get in the way a little.
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on: January 26, 2016 04:16
I would definitely be interested in rereading The Silmarillion, and very interested a general discussion about it.
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on: January 27, 2016 12:59
Oh, but yes, questions, quotes and an illustration is great.
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on: January 27, 2016 04:40
I'll set a target date of March first, as I have to figure set up the forum for the book.
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on: January 27, 2016 11:51
That sounds great to me. Will we be reading a chapter every week?
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on: January 29, 2016 05:30
Linda, are you serious??? As I have experienced this week, trying to stop me reading any book that interests at any arbitrary point (and yes, in that sense even chapters are arbitrary!) is like trying to stop an avalanche on a steep slope!

Guess I'll have to do one, perhaps two feverish read-throughs in the first week to be able to settle down to a weekly discussion. But then, I have not taken part in any discussion here to date, so we shall see.
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on: January 29, 2016 10:56
March 1st sounds good to me.
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on: January 31, 2016 06:44
I'd love to get involved with this.
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on: January 31, 2016 12:32
Greetings, I am new to this site but would love to join in a discussion of The Silmarillion. It is my favorite book, but have never had a chance to discuss it with fellow fans. This should be fun!
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on: February 04, 2016 11:31
Hey, Gando, yes I am serious. How can we possibly read more than one chapter a week and still have time for discussion? Not everyone is here everyday nor at the same time so it will not be rapid fire posting as in a chatroom. Some chapters are just a few pages long but others are much longer than that. I believe there are nine of us that will be reading. We all can't read a chapter in one day, hurry and get here to see what we will be discussing, post, wait for the others, discuss, post again and so on. Some chapters might warrant more discussion than others as well.

Your comment on doing one or two feverish read-throughs amused me. Feverish? The Silmarillion doesn't deserve to be read feverishly. It is a book to be languished over. To be savoured. Sipped, not gulped.
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on: February 05, 2016 10:33
This I would be very interested in joining, if that is okay??? I have only read the Sil once, and I have been meaning to read it again.
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on: February 06, 2016 03:23
You would be most welcome, elfmaiden! It's always nice to see new members participate in site activities.

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on: February 06, 2016 10:02
I think sweet Song is the only one of us who never read The Silmarillion. I hope she enjoys it and I am glad she will be reading it with us as a book club.
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on: February 07, 2016 07:48
It is certainly not a book to be rushed through in one sitting. There are many stories and many themes, and all require our full and engaged investigation. Even a week is too short a time in this busy and distracting life we lead. Perhaps it is not fitting to circumscribe our deliberations with a crude and restrictive delineation such as a week. No. Each part should be read and discussed until there is little more to say and then, and only then, should we move on.

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on: February 09, 2016 08:36
Lindarielwen said:Your comment on doing one or two feverish read-throughs amused me. Feverish? The Silmarillion doesn't deserve to be read feverishly...

To me, The Silmarillion is by now a compressed summary of about 7 books of HoME, parts of UT, and The Children of Hurin (which I have in German and English versions). So what will most likely make it feverish is not the actual reading, but the memories of more expanded versions of some tales, including some early versions which were later discarded, sometimes contradicted - including interruptions in reading to go back to those other sources. Maybe like my first viewing of FoTR the movie in the cinema back in January 2002, which I had to repeat about three days later, because I had not really seen the movie due to making mental lists of PJ's errors (and then I bought both the cinematic and the extended versions on DVD ...) Need to get it out of my system, to be able to concentrate on what is actually written in the Sil - or something like that ... Image
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on: February 28, 2016 11:49
Tomorrow is March 1. Will the reading of The Silmarillion begin? Will there be a format to follow?
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on: March 01, 2016 12:46
I'm going to start reading today....Is anyone else?
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on: March 02, 2016 02:23
Sorry for the delay. I've had some medical issues and a stack of appointments, but I'll try to get everything started on Sunday. Note that the Book Club forum will still contain the wrong book title until I can get someone to change it.
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on: March 02, 2016 11:28
I hope you are feeling better. Should we start to read the Ainulindale?
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on: March 05, 2016 01:18
I am prepared to start reading the Ainulindale. In fact, I may just go start reading it now.
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on: March 06, 2016 10:00
I read a few pages a little while ago.
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on: March 17, 2016 10:27
I need to find and crack my Sil once more. Have one with a lot of stickies in it from when I wrote Elrond fanfic. If others want to go again, I'll do my best to reread it yet again.
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on: March 25, 2016 01:31
Ooh, I'd love to read this eventually. I just need to read the Hobbit and LoTR books again before moving to that..

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on: March 25, 2016 01:17
I think I'll do a re-read of Children of Hurin.....
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on: March 25, 2016 02:05
I'd love to join in, if it isn't too late! I've read The Sil once, but I'd love to read it again with all of you.
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on: March 26, 2016 01:18
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on: March 27, 2016 02:27
Welcome back, Maxie! Image And as E~S posted, it's never too late - especially since we've only progressed to chapter 2 of QS proper (and the latest post comments on chapter 1).
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