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despite the flack I'm going to get....
Thrythlind:
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@Thrythlind
I struggled and never finished the Silmilarion because I bought some old copy from a library (green hard back with some gold symbol on it, I lost it though) and I struggled with the English in it, I think it was an early translation or not translated at all. I don't know if they have different translations of this?
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Silmarillion's original language is English.
as to the mention of JK Rowling, she did some of the absolute best foreshadowing I've seen in contemporary fiction
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: Zolt on August 10, 2010, 03:54:31 AM ---God, that takes me back... The Silmarillon was the first book I ever read in English, back when I was 14 or so... Picked it up on a school trip to the UK. Horrible. Took me maybe 3 months to make any sense of it. On the up side: any book I ever read after that was easy by comparison.
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I still haven't finished reading it. Although part of that is picking up other books I have more interest in. And because it's written so much like the Bible that it can be difficult to get through. I know people who would keep a notebook to list all the characters to keep them straight.
Tribblechomper:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on August 03, 2010, 01:16:15 PM ---LOL.
What's ironic is the topic of this thread is "despite the flack I'm going to get...." but I don't think anyone has given meg_evonne any flack.
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--- Quote from: meg_evonne on August 03, 2010, 06:49:18 PM ---I've been at a writer's camp for two weeks and returned to find the responses on this thread. I'm so pleased that we can have such wonderful discussion from both sides of an issue and still expand our knowledge on the publishing world.
You guys really are the best! Thank you for your thoughts and your civility. And I love your avatar MoSeS.
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Then allow me to be the first to give meg_evonne some Flack:
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