March 25 is "Tolkien Reading Day" - Page 2

Griff · 08-24-2011, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I never said I was a Keats scholar. I was making fun of Keats scholars!!

(I'm a Plathian scholar - way, waaaaay worse. Your worst nightmare. )

OMG.. My youngest daughter was assigned a semester long project last year on Sylvia. She was not impressed. (She did ace it though.) You are a scarey scarey person Brianna!

Spexxvet · 08-24-2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Said the Keats scholar! Hah!

Is there anyone who read more than one third of Lord Foul's Bane? I know several who have started it, but none who finished it.

Yeah, I read the first three Thomas Covenant books when I was 17. I liked Lord Foul's Bain, the rest sucked. I liked Robert E. Howard, too.

BigV · 08-24-2011, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Said the Keats scholar! Hah!

Is there anyone who read more than one third of Lord Foul's Bane? I know several who have started it, but none who finished it.

I read them all about the same time as Spexxvet. I enjoyed them, and I sometimes think about the White Gold Wielder when I'm climbing down through the boulders, bumping my heel against the rock to make sure I've put my foot down as far from the edge as possible.

I *might* even have one or more of them downstairs somewhere still.

Spexxvet · 08-24-2011, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I *might* even have one or more of them downstairs somewhere still.

I still have them. My 17 year old son couldn't get through the first one. He read The Hobbit between 2nd and 3rd grade, and loved the Sword, Elfstone, etc. of Shannara books. Didn't like ol' T-Cov, though.

Trilby · 08-24-2011, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

OMG.. My youngest daughter was assigned a semester long project last year on Sylvia. She was not impressed. (She did ace it though.) You are a scarey scarey person Brianna!

I'm hurt!

What didn't impress your daughter? the person or the poetry?

Griff · 08-24-2011, 10:02 AM

Her position is that Plath is only famous because she killed herself. The Emo thing has lost its allure through over-use in the present generation.

Trilby · 08-24-2011, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Her position is that Plath is only famous because she killed herself. The Emo thing has lost its allure through over-use in the present generation.

Oh no!

Ariel was a tour de force! The poetry is phenomenal!! Not the lurid details of her life - !!

She's too young to see that.

Griff · 08-24-2011, 10:29 AM

This is a kid who instinctively figured out what utter nonsense Catholicism was at about 10 years of age... it took me about 30 more years than that. She is perceptive to the point that I worry about her.

Trilby · 08-24-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

This is a kid who instinctively figured out what utter nonsense Catholicism was at about 10 years of age... it took me about 30 more years than that. She is perceptive to the point that I worry about her.

a smart cookie.

IMHO the poetry would stand without the salacious details of the poets life.

"Viciousness in the kitchen" is a truly great line.

classicman · 08-24-2011, 10:49 AM

I agree with Griff's very wise daughter. Read her back in HS and again after college...

Plath = meh.

Trilby · 08-24-2011, 10:52 AM

opinions are like...well, you know.

classicman · 08-24-2011, 11:05 AM

Yep, I know and we have some of them here.

I've never been a fan of the dark crap. Life is too short and its far more enjoyable to focus on the positives.

Flint · 08-24-2011, 12:36 PM

There is a difference between cynicism and stoicism, though. Life isn't just positives, and dwelling only in happy places doesn't really prepare you for much of what is likely to happen.

glatt · 08-24-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I read them all about the same time as Spexxvet. I enjoyed them, and I sometimes think about the White Gold Wielder when I'm climbing down through the boulders, bumping my heel against the rock to make sure I've put my foot down as far from the edge as possible.

I *might* even have one or more of them downstairs somewhere still.

My experience was about the same as yours. I made it through about 3 of them and really enjoyed them, but couldn't get into them after that. I still occasionally think about the self checking and painstaking behavior like the heel bumping. Must suck to be a leper.

Griff · 08-24-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

opinions are like...well, you know.

Smiles! Everybody has one!

08-24-2011, 10:02 AM	#21
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Her position is that Plath is only famous because she killed herself. The Emo thing has lost its allure through over-use in the present generation. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-24-2011, 10:29 AM	#23
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	This is a kid who instinctively figured out what utter nonsense Catholicism was at about 10 years of age... it took me about 30 more years than that. She is perceptive to the point that I worry about her. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-24-2011, 10:49 AM	#25
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I agree with Griff's very wise daughter. Read her back in HS and again after college... Plath = meh. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-24-2011, 10:52 AM	#26
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	opinions are like...well, you know. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-24-2011, 11:05 AM	#27
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yep, I know and we have some of them here. I've never been a fan of the dark crap. Life is too short and its far more enjoyable to focus on the positives. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-24-2011, 12:36 PM	#28
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	There is a difference between cynicism and stoicism, though. Life isn't just positives, and dwelling only in happy places doesn't really prepare you for much of what is likely to happen. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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