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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 22:54:24 GMT -5
Simple question! As a side question, what year did you first read it? 1972 for me. |
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Feb 18, 2018 23:25:58 GMT -5
Once. I enjoyed them & the films but I am not a huge Tolkien fan. I grew up reading Karl E. Wagner, Fritz Leiber, Steven Brust's Jhereg series, David Eddings' Belgariad & Malloreon series; the Thieves' World anthology series & Mark E. Perry's Morigu duology. I do have to admit I like Dennis McKiernan's Tolkien riff Mithgar series - I like his take on Hobbits & Goblins; plus I liked Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy.Later on I got into George R.R. Martin's A Song of fire & ice series (which I need to finish).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 23:44:17 GMT -5
Once. I enjoyed them & the films but I am not a huge Tolkien fan. Have you read the Earthsea series (or at least the first 3) of novels by McAffrey? I really enjoyed them but they are certainly way different from JRRT's LotR. Later on I got into George R.R. Martin's A Song of fire & ice series (which I need to finish). Don't you really mean He needs to finish them? LOL! |
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Feb 19, 2018 0:02:11 GMT -5
Once. I enjoyed them & the films but I am not a huge Tolkien fan. Have you read the Earthsea series (or at least the first 3) of novels by McAffrey? I really enjoyed them but they are certainly way different from JRRT's LotR. I own the first Earthsea but it is by Ursula K. Le Guin & no I haven't read it yet. Did you mean the Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey? I have yet to read her series but I want to. I still need to finish the Barsoom series by Edger Rice Burroughs. Later on I got into George R.R. Martin's A Song of fire & ice series (which I need to finish). Don't you really mean He needs to finish them? LOL! LOL that is true but I still need to get caught up (A Feast for crows & A Dance of Dragons) - which may have me rereading the first three to refresh things. |
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Post by The Master on Feb 19, 2018 0:09:21 GMT -5
I have read it at least 25 times, but the last time was 5 or 6 years ago. I first read it in 1965 when I was 15.
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Post by mao on Feb 21, 2018 9:00:08 GMT -5
I was on vacation when I was 16 (1976) I read The Hobbit and LOTR straight though in about 3 days.I was a little disappointed. But to be fair I was used to 200 page sci fi novels and short stories
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Feb 21, 2018 10:48:01 GMT -5
I grew up reading Karl E. Wagner Thought I felt old before, but thinking of being a kid and reading Karl (with whom Edwin Murray and we complained about aging) makes me feel positively as old as our grandmonkeys think I yam. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2018 12:56:30 GMT -5
I first read it in 1969. I've lost track of how many times I've read it... approximately once a year.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Feb 21, 2018 13:39:03 GMT -5
I grew up reading Karl E. Wagner Thought I felt old before, but thinking of being a kid and reading Karl (with whom Edwin Murray and we complained about aging) makes me feel positively as old as our grandmonkeys think I yam. It is funny that many of my friends growing up hated reading but I loved it & though I read a lot of generic RPG/Game related fantasy at the time I was willing to read stuff like R.E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgard A. Poe, Michael Moorcock, Fritz Leiber & Karl Edward Wagner; plus Lance Horner. But I was the misfit Metalhead with a geeky side. What is sad as a few of my geeky friends don't like to read, but prefer to listen to books on tape & even then they'd rather watch/listen to Critical Role & other such content. |
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Post by makofan on Feb 21, 2018 16:21:32 GMT -5
About once per year. First read was in 1973
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Post by hengest on Feb 21, 2018 20:35:58 GMT -5
2002. My favorite novel of all time.
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 6, 2018 0:32:41 GMT -5
Simple question! As a side question, what year did you first read it? 1972 for me. I frankly don't remember. But it was definitely in grade school, so I'm guessing sometime in the mid-70s. |
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 6, 2018 0:47:41 GMT -5
I was mostly a military/naval fiction fan in my early years. For example, I re-read Forrester's Hornblower series several times. Then I segued into science fiction, especially novels with a military aspect. Piper's Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen books (and the rest of the Time Patrol), Pournelle's Codominion (the Imperator hailing scene at the close of "The Prince" still gives me chills) and Jannisaries, all of Heinlein's books, etc. A few years back I discovered and rapidly devoured all twenty of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series. And of course, David Weber, John Ringo and especially David Drake (his RCN series is literally out of this world!) are current faves.
I'm also a long-time fan of Laurel K. Hamilton (Anita Blake kicks ass! And Meredith Gentry isn't bad either . . . and lately they've both been edging away from the "drowning in violet eyes" stuff and back toward gritty noir), Kim Harrison (particularly the Hollows series) and Laurie R. King (her Mary Russel/Sherlock Holmes series in particular). I've recently started reading the novels of Seanan McQuire; having worked my way through her October Daye series, I've now started her Rogue Mage and Wayward Children series (and intend to read everything else as well . . . eventually).
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Mar 6, 2018 1:38:39 GMT -5
I want to delve into military sci-fi more, the closest I've gotten to it is Gaunt's Ghosts 40K series by Dan Abnett. For Urban Fantasy series I like the Mercy Thompson & Alpha Omega series by Patricia Briggs & the Elemental Assassin seies by Jennifer Estep.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 8:22:30 GMT -5
I really enjoyed David Drake’s “Hammer’s Slammers” series of stories.
“The Forever War” and “Starship Troopers” are pretty entertaining too.
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 6, 2018 21:21:31 GMT -5
I really enjoyed David Drake’s “Hammer’s Slammers” series of stories. Have you read his "The Forlorn Hope?" It's a stand-alone novel set in the same universe as the Slammers books, but not part of that cycle. It centers on an "average" set of mercenaries, who find themselves stuck in an impossible situation and forced to think outside the box in order to survive. I think the main characters are very PC-like, particularly the native officer which the mercenaries "adopt" into their merry band, as a (sort of) replacement for their own less-than-stellar commander. It's the only one of Drake's books that I've read more than once. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 23:11:06 GMT -5
Have you read his "The Forlorn Hope?" It's a stand-alone novel set in the same universe as the Slammers books, but not part of that cycle. It centers on an "average" set of mercenaries, who find themselves stuck in an impossible situation and forced to think outside the box in order to survive. I think the main characters are very PC-like, particularly the native officer which the mercenaries "adopt" into their merry band, as a (sort of) replacement for their own less-than-stellar commander. It's the only one of Drake's books that I've read more than once. I haven’t read that one yet, but I thank you for the recommendation! I’ll check it out at earliest opportunity. |
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Post by hedgehobbit on Mar 7, 2018 9:33:36 GMT -5
This poll needs a "zero".
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2018 10:45:55 GMT -5
This poll needs a "zero". Sorry about that, fellow gamer. I’ll keep that in mind the next time I create a poll! |
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 7, 2018 19:50:58 GMT -5
This poll needs a "zero". Sorry about that, fellow gamer. I’ll keep that in mind the next time I create a poll! And yet, his handle is "hedge hobbit" . . . |
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 7, 2018 20:25:45 GMT -5
I haven’t read that one yet, but I thank you for the recommendation! I’ll check it out at earliest opportunity. You're welcome! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2018 21:49:41 GMT -5
And yet, his handle is "hedge hobbit" . . . LOL! Well, he’s in good company. Gygax often stated he loved “The Hobbit” but didn’t enjoy LotR at all. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Mar 7, 2018 22:31:58 GMT -5
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Mar 11, 2018 0:48:02 GMT -5
Though I did like the LOTR, I prefer Dennis L. McKiernan's pastiche of LOTR the Iron Tower trilogy & his A Silver Call Duology. I prefer his Warrows over Tolkien's Hobbits. I haven't read much of the others books in the Mithgar series.
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Post by True Black Raven on Mar 12, 2018 7:36:04 GMT -5
This poll needs a "zero". I agree, you should add a zero to all the numbers in the poll options.  |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Mar 16, 2018 9:53:25 GMT -5
This poll needs a "zero". I agree, you should add a zero to all the numbers in the poll options. Cute! |
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Post by hedgehobbit on Mar 19, 2018 12:03:46 GMT -5
And yet, his handle is "hedge hobbit" . . . Only because of this:  In addition to watching the movies, I have listed to the audio drama version of the LotR. I'm not sure how accurately it reflects the books. |
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Post by robkuntz on Mar 19, 2018 13:37:19 GMT -5
2002. My favorite novel of all time. Except that it is not a novel, it's an epic. |
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Post by hengest on Mar 20, 2018 5:56:56 GMT -5
2002. My favorite novel of all time. Except that it is not a novel, it's an epic. Point taken, but I see no need for "epic" as a genus alongside "novel" - if anything, it's a species under that umbrella. I suppose in cases of 20-book series that teally have multiple, sequential stories spanning lifetimes or generations, maybe. I don't see that the main narrative of LOTR is so in need of this special appellation. If one argued "but the appendices and frame translatiom make it more than / different from a novel, okay, then take my comment to mean "my favorite piece of narrative fiction." |
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Post by robkuntz on Mar 20, 2018 6:43:10 GMT -5
In fact the novel derives from the epic and not the other way around. I was not the one to term it such; the literary experts did.
Epics are no longer common (very, very rare) and novels are now the norm for many centuries, so people tend to get used to the idea of "novelizations".
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