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Post by Desi Baggins on Feb 1, 2006 9:27:45 GMT -6
Happy Voting!!!
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Post by Stormrider on Feb 1, 2006 21:26:10 GMT -6
Oh No! I hit the button too soon! I meant to vote for ROTK instead of TTT! I was cutting out flames for a stencil I need and wasn't paying attention when I pushed the button!
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields and the Siege of Gondor are the most exciting parts. I love when the Rohirrim ride to battle and Éowyn and Merry defeat the Witchking! The despiration and fear of Frodo and Sam's entry into Mordor to fulfill the Quest is also an exciting part!
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Post by Fredeghar Wayfarer on Feb 1, 2006 23:55:02 GMT -6
(Desi, I think you misspelled Silmarillion.) This is very hard. I love them all. I guess if I had to choose, I'd go with The Fellowship of the Ring. I love the structure of that one, how it follows a more traditional quest arc with the party of adventurers joining forces and traveling from one mystical locale to the next (Rivendell to Caradhras to Moria to Lorien, etc.). This is where you really begin to see the full scope of Middle-earth and all its fascinating locales, backstory, context, and characters. Boromir's descent into madness and betrayal is great drama as well. But then, I think of Return of the King and the sheer epic scope of it, Eowyn's battle with the Witch-King (one of my absolute favorite moments in the trilogy), Frodo nearly giving in to the Ring, and my boy Gollum's pivotal role. And of course, I love The Hobbit as it was my "gateway drug," so to speak, and it reminds me of my childhood and the cartoon version that hooked me on fantasy. Man, I dunno. I'll just say Fellowship.  |
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Post by Desi Baggins on Feb 2, 2006 6:36:15 GMT -6
oops I did, I missed an L! There is no way to go in an edit it either! I will blame the mistake on my kids distracting me, LOL!!!
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Post by Desi Baggins on Feb 2, 2006 6:37:04 GMT -6
I voted for the Hobbit....I love the fun silliness of it and yet there is lots of scary adventure!
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Post by Andorinha on Feb 3, 2006 12:56:45 GMT -6
It would be very difficult to separate "The Hobbit" from "The Lord of the Rings," especially after all the editing Tolkien went through to make the two consistent; and I don't think either work stands as well on its own as it does if read as a companion piece to the other. But, quite often, I find I still like the "cleaness" of "The Hobbit" more than the complexities of LotR, and I like especially in "The Hobbit" the lack of the sometimes overwhelmingly anthropocentric viewpoint that I find in "LotR." The Hobbit is a more "multi-cultural" sort of thing, a tale of Dwarves, Goblins, a single Hobbit*, a few Elves, a few Men, a wizard, a dragon, some Goblins, wolves, spiders, trolls, eagles, and an extraordinary Man-bear! Great stuff, to my way of thinking, no morality play leading up to the escatological Dominion of Men...
I only wish that Tolkien had been able to stay in his original "Hobbit" mood for a few more adventures, done up in exactly the same style: 1. The Adventures of Belladonna Took 2. How Isengar Took went to sea. 3. How the unfortunate Hildifons Took "went off on a journey and never returned" (RotK, appendix C, p. 475)
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*Hobbit -- I don't really count Bilbo (as portrayed in "The Hobbit") as a man, and I'm willing to forgive all the Hobbits for even their vague ancestral connexions with mankind.
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Post by Desi Baggins on Feb 3, 2006 21:51:27 GMT -6
I so wish that too! I would love to hear more Hobbit stories!!!
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Post by Androga Erindalant on Feb 7, 2006 4:47:55 GMT -6
It was a hard choice, but I've finally voted for the Fellowship of the Ring. LotR is complexer than the Hobbit, yet not too confusing as the Silmarillion. Unfinished Tales scores high with me too, and I wish Tolkien could have completed all stories. Within LotR I like the structure of the first book the best. I'm still thinking Tolkien would have done better if he mixed the scenes from book 3 and 4 more, and the same with 5 and 6. In FotR we meet quite some colourful characters, and pass by wonderful locations, while important events already happen. The Nazgul who chase Frodo, Gollum's reappearence, Gandalf's death, Boromir's betrayal, and Strider's first steps to becoming Elessar.
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