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Roy White · 06-25-2007, 09:10 PM

I read Children Of Hurin... And yes I did finish the Silmillarillionalonahsilmill.. I'vr read LOTR and the hobbit 16 million times and I tolerated the Sil.. Children of Hurin was a bummer. I finished it becasue I bought it new from Borders but I was glad it was over. I dump a book right away if the writing is cheesey. I can put up with a lame plot if the writing is beautiful. Pat Conroy is a great example of that. I read Prince of Tides because of the beautiful prose even though dumb old Barbara Streisand kept trying to be lowenthal (Or whatever her name was) and Nolte kept trying to be the hero of the book) He really is a great writer. As for Tolkien.... Well.... His writing.... Yet I keep coming back to the LOTR! Hurin... Don't bother unless liked Silmill.. And even then its kind of drudgery.

I wish there was a delete button on my reader becasue sometimes I forget which book i started and wanted to dump from the memory when i finally hook up to my computer.

06-25-2007, 09:10 PM	#12
Roy White Evangelist Posts: 482 Karma: 7696 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Turner, Oregon Device: Sony Reader	I read Children Of Hurin... And yes I did finish the Silmillarillionalonahsilmill.. I'vr read LOTR and the hobbit 16 million times and I tolerated the Sil.. Children of Hurin was a bummer. I finished it becasue I bought it new from Borders but I was glad it was over. I dump a book right away if the writing is cheesey. I can put up with a lame plot if the writing is beautiful. Pat Conroy is a great example of that. I read Prince of Tides because of the beautiful prose even though dumb old Barbara Streisand kept trying to be lowenthal (Or whatever her name was) and Nolte kept trying to be the hero of the book) He really is a great writer. As for Tolkien.... Well.... His writing.... Yet I keep coming back to the LOTR! Hurin... Don't bother unless liked Silmill.. And even then its kind of drudgery. I wish there was a delete button on my reader becasue sometimes I forget which book i started and wanted to dump from the memory when i finally hook up to my computer.