tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026470.post3084442119090438539..comments2023-09-01T10:10:01.251-04:00Comments on Capital City Desk: Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791914604898998749noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026470.post-72650936842968170052007-06-12T20:58:00.000-04:002007-06-12T20:58:00.000-04:00I think some people have even argued that the bes...I think some people have even argued that the best book J.R.R. ever wrote was the Hobbit, which in all honest probably really is. A well encapsuled story without too much overbearing history or lineage, which the trilogy kind of gets into, among other diversions. Sure it's more complicated but does that necessarily mean better storytelling?<BR/>And Simarillion? Please, posthumous deadhorse Fringe Element Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06029204660425214443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026470.post-86459163048445335942007-06-12T13:27:00.000-04:002007-06-12T13:27:00.000-04:00Tolkien's kinda like -- I dunno, ordering the dish...Tolkien's kinda like -- I dunno, ordering the dish with goat cheese every time, forgetting that I don't really like goat cheese that much. Or that I like it only in some dishes. <BR/><BR/>I Like <I>The Hobbit</I> and the Rings books fine, but all the extra bits at the end of the Rings, or <I>The Silmarillion</I>: no thanks, I'm full.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791914604898998749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026470.post-63142826063870353032007-06-12T09:54:00.000-04:002007-06-12T09:54:00.000-04:00Amen, sister. As much as I sometime feel like a b...Amen, sister. As much as I sometime feel like a blasphemer for saying things like that, I also find that I am completely incapable of reading much Tolkien as an adult. Is it really bad for a librarian to say that?sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798323818422259008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026470.post-49058584852323218662007-06-12T09:34:00.000-04:002007-06-12T09:34:00.000-04:00Too . . . Tolkien.Too many names, too many phrases...Too . . . Tolkien.<BR/><BR/>Too many names, too many phrases like "son of" and "battle of."Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791914604898998749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026470.post-47523910702982963612007-06-12T00:31:00.000-04:002007-06-12T00:31:00.000-04:00"Too"....?cutesy?cliche?sexist?trite?self-importan..."Too"....?<BR/>cutesy?<BR/>cliche?<BR/>sexist?<BR/>trite?<BR/>self-important?<BR/>elitist?<BR/>beige?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com