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A week out from recording our next episode: on rereading #Tolkien — and we’d like to hear your thoughts and experiences! Email us at [email protected] or post a reply to this post if you’d like. Here’s a thread from today on doing a reread if you’d like a handy example.
A week out from recording our next episode: on rereading #Tolkien — and we’d like to hear your thoughts and experiences! Email us at [email protected] or post a reply to this post if you’d like. Here’s a thread from today on doing a reread if you’d like a handy example.
And of course just a reminder that our own @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social has been doing a detailed LOTR reread this year — about complete! — and posting about it on his Patreon. Consider joining!
few years ago when I reread silmarillion for first time in like at least decade, I was surprised how short it actually is
And the more I dig into it, the more I understand his genius. Like Tolkien, I will eventually pass away with incomplete thoughts and never fully answered questions. And I find that eventuality quite satisfying.
A seemingly uplifting and heroic story in my junior high years becomes more complex and less uplifting (but more interesting) as I grew into adulthood. And as I now age into my senior years I ask questions like: why would a learned man of my age spend so much time on these tales?
Is The Fast and the Furious High Fantasy, the greatest thread in the history of forums,
I first read LOTR before I ever read anyone's comments on LOTR (can recommend). The many complaints about the writing seem silly on reread. The language is not difficult; the descriptions of nature are beautiful and evocative. Merry encountering the Sublime is as core to the story as any magic ring.
The re-reading of the LOTR is such a unique experience, as the more I re-read, and the older I get, I actually have more unanswered questions and more curiosity about the details of the stories.
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Reread LOTR for the first time in two decades, with some trepidation (revisiting things you loved as a teenager is never a sure thing). It is, of course, great. Bilbo hits differently these days; hadn't noticed that he literally says he wants to "rest in peace", even if that was always the subtext.
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I just re-read Lord of the Rings, and at 58, I rethought my impression of the book. In previous readings, I felt like it was all about decay and decrying change, and that every day that passed took us farther from some not-mythical ideal previous way of living. But it is not so.
I just re-read Lord of the Rings, and at 58, I rethought my impression of the book. In previous readings, I felt like it was all about decay and decrying change, and that every day that passed took us farther from some not-mythical ideal previous way of living. But it is not so.
