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 Post subject: Silmarillion Boring????
PostPosted: July 16th, 2006, 11:37 pm 
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I have heard from someone who read this book that it is boring, is it??? I have not read it!!!! :confused:

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PostPosted: July 17th, 2006, 1:08 am 


Whoever your freind is must not be a tolkien fan? rofl im jk but Silmarillion is a awsome book and not at all boring. :grr: The Stories are in depth and Explain much about the elfs. So Much Detail You should read it. ITS NOT BORING!@!


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I can see where the casual fan would find it boring. It is a history text without a real beginning and end like a normal book. I must admit that I tend to skim for certain stories, like Beren and Luthien, and skip other ones.

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PostPosted: July 17th, 2006, 12:45 pm 
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Thanks guys!!!! :-D

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PostPosted: July 18th, 2006, 8:27 am 


It is not boring to LotR geeks. I think that it may well be boring to people who aren't all that interested, but to people like me who love all things LotR it is fascinating.


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PostPosted: July 18th, 2006, 10:48 pm 
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I, too, understand how people can find it boring - and I don't blame them! Unfortunately it's either you like it, or don't. But don't let someone else make decisions for you, read it yourself and come up with a conclusion.

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PostPosted: July 19th, 2006, 10:26 pm 
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Let's just say this. At times, it's like reading a King James Bible. But, it's my all time favorite book. Why? Because it leaves so much to the imagination while also having so much detail! I must warn you, however, the beginning is extremely boring. There's a little cliffs notes-esque thing after the Valaquenta that I would suggest reading if you don't want to read the whole creation story. :P

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I can understand why people may find it boring as I myself do to a degree.

However its not boring becuase lack of interest its boring beucase of its sheer volume.

If your looking for a story-book this is not for you. If you looking for a way of expanding on Tolkien Lore or your after a challenging book then it fulfills both requirements.


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PostPosted: July 22nd, 2006, 4:46 am 
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For me it is the most interesting book that Tolkien has ever written
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definetley the best book i have ever read. Just the ammount of detail is staggering.

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I think the word boring has being severely overused. You may not find something interesting for different reasons. As I said before in "The Council of Elrond" thread, you may not be interested in something because you don't understand [it happens], or because you might want to know different information than what you are reading. Sometime's you are just distracted.

All I can say is that the Silm is definitely not boring, but there are things that might interest you more than others.


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PostPosted: July 31st, 2006, 12:29 am 
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the sil aint boring the word you should be looking for is awesome

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Well it would get boring if you read it carefully for the first time but if you read it over and actually remember what you've read and re-run it in your head as you go along ... then it's actually quite an interesting book ;)

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I personally never found the Sil boring, although younger people may have a harder time reading it. It is more a history book than it is a story

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PostPosted: July 31st, 2006, 8:35 am 
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sorry-did I just see the words SILMARILLION and BORING combined??? :explode:

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