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I saw that. Seriana Sedai Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM
I keep starting it and not making it even halfway, and Tolkien is by far one of my favorite authors. That's a book he wrote for himself more than for the public from what I've heard.

Yeah, it wasn't something he ever thought was going to be released. He wrote it as something of a backbone for his world. He created his elven language and then decided to create a world around it, and what you get in the Silmarillion is sort of a compilation of notes, and small stories that he made as the pillar of his world. I suspect if he had thought it was going to be published the end result would have been different, but as he didn't....well...that's what we got.

(I never read Dune, so I can't comment on that)

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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 2140 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1515 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1523 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1598 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1410 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1435 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1385 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1326 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 762 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 812 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1443 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1564 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1403 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 789 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1366 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1506 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 799 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1493 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1499 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1345 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1486 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1451 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1423 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1318 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1426 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1393 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1398 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1455 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 846 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1544 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 844 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1408 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1496 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1458 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1601 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 810 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1347 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1518 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1416 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 827 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 756 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1407 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 831 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1462 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1451 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 793 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 826 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1428 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 758 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 821 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1288 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1462 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1518 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1419 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1397 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 738 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1374 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1415 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1569 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1411 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1445 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1417 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1422 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1605 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1304 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1432 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1443 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 764 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1337 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1698 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1780 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1493 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1364 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1359 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1366 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 809 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 789 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 741 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1443 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1353 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1304 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1342 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1319 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1380 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1429 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1322 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1393 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 828 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 806 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1269 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 781 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1442 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1297 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1466 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1279 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 824 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1344 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 774 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1366 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1532 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1415 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 814 Views
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