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08-31-2008, 12:54 PM | #1 | ||
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So how aobut no-one takes the kind of responsibility of alone providing the "base-text" / introduction (like it seems to be done in so many "read-along"-threads here) but we could either just a) make a deal about the intervals between the chapters and anyone could post (like a week to read and a week to discuss that or something), or b) the responsibility of the laying the groundwork for the discussion of each chapter would change so that no one would need to carry that task alone? Quote:
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08-31-2008, 01:24 PM | #2 |
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Legate is just a natural genius he can't help it if people try to live up to his standards.
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08-31-2008, 01:57 PM | #3 |
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Please do go ahead! I'd be happy to see the discussion continue, though I don't have the time to actively post right now. Nogrod's idea of a discussion without a leader is worth a try; time will tell if it works out that way.
Lal, I did try to include the contents of the Reader's Guides in the re-run; if someone has them, it's definitely worthwhile to see what they have to offer on the topics and chapters.
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08-31-2008, 01:29 PM | #4 |
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Rerun 2.1
Just a proposal....
How about Lommy, Nogrod, Groin and Eonwe [and everyone else of course (!!)] start from the beginning. Legate and me and anyone else who has posted already on rerun2 respond to the new posts as we go along, (its good not to be just 'howling into the wind' as someone put it!) then pick up where we each left off in rerun2. This at least gives Legate and Esty a bit of a break before we get into 'new' chapters. What do you reckon??
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08-31-2008, 01:50 PM | #5 |
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I was going to do this, because I thought it would be fun to read the old threads again and add new stuff on and see if I'd changed my mind about anything....however life is very different now and I've never had the time to join in with the re-run! I might join in, and I'd like to join in, but I'd probably need a big slap now and then to prompt me
Plus the threads were originally written before both the Lord of the Rings Readers' Guide and the JRR Tolkien Companion and Guide were published! I really did used to read the chapter and make notes before I posted - ah, such blissful luxury having all that time!
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08-31-2008, 02:17 PM | #7 | |
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So how about you give us a chance to catch you up from the beginning and as you said, maybe even peek in sometimes to see whether there is something that is of interest. And as we - hopefully - reach the place your round got bogged down then let's go forwards from there?
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08-31-2008, 02:23 PM | #8 |
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Lets Do the Timewarp Again
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Esty, glad to hear you are in favour, I guess the key may be to keep it as informal as possible and see how it goes. Legate, yep its a bit tricky as we're out of sync, and of course everyone should be free to post where and when they like. I guess my approach was to avoid reading chapters and the discussion thereupon that I hadn't got to yet so that when I posted I would be unbiased and 'fresh'. Back in March I gave in to the impulse to finish the read in a couple of nights, but posting is more of an effort. I guess this might be a mistake as poor old Legate was left to plod on alone towards Mount Doom! Perhaps the way to go is for occasional posters such as myself to respond more often to the posts as they turn up.
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09-01-2008, 07:13 AM | #9 | |
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And Rumil - whatever, I think you may just take your backpack and the obligatory rope and follow the road on your own, until we meet up by the streams of Nimrodel, or how you see fit. And my spirit may wander about the times and places back in memory towards the brave ones whose journey had not yet started, or is just about to unfold...
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09-07-2008, 12:52 PM | #10 |
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Sounds great, I'll start reading The Fellowship of the Ring tonight! This is going to be so much fun!
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09-07-2008, 12:55 PM | #11 |
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I still have to decided whether I'll read it in Finnish or English... I'm looking forward to this anyway.
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09-07-2008, 01:08 PM | #12 |
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How about we open the discussion a week from now? It leaves us with a week to read the Concerning Hobbits which I think is a fair time. I can open a thread for it then... or anyone could do it.
No "official" introductions or base-texts but everyone can post about things s/he finds interesting or worthy of shared thought?
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