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Old 03-01-2005, 02:09 AM   #1
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Join the CbC discussion!

Have you read posts on the Chapter-by-Chapter discussion and not dared to participate among the experts? Or did you start earlier and lose track somewhere down the line? Have you been unable to keep up with rereading LotR for the discussions? Then this is a good time to jump in and join us there!

This week we begin with Chapter 1 of Book 4, over halfway through TTT. We now join Frodo and Sam on their journey to Mordor, leaving the others and their part of the story behind. I'd like to encourage you to read the chapter and share your thoughts with us - what's important to you? What touches you? Do you remember reading it the first time and how you felt then? You don't have to be an expert to write down your impressions; your point of view is unique and enriching for all others who read it.

I look forward to many interesting posts!
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Old 03-02-2005, 02:58 PM   #2
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Will it last? Will we get to The Grey Havens (let alone to Aragorn & Arwen)? I know the last chapter provoked a long discussion but (& I think this may have been my fault) it did get a bit off-topic & most of the posts seemed to be unconnected with the events of the chapter itself! We're nearly half way through the week of our discussion of The Taming of Smeagol & currently have FIVE posts!

Looking at the CbC board we not only seem to be getting fewer & fewer posts with each chapter (generally speaking) but also fewer & fewer views.

Thinking back to the fate of our HoME Chapter by Chapter companion thread I hope the main CbC discussion doesn't go the same way so can I here & now second Esty's plea for new contributors?

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Old 03-02-2005, 03:04 PM   #3
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I am desperately trying to catch up. I am struggling to get through book 3 so I can get to book 4 (I am a Frodo addict, after all) but I mustn't start reading book 4 til I've posted all my comments from book 3... I'm almost there. I have one more chapter to read (Palantir) and must also post my comments from the previous 3 (Voice of Saruman, Flotsam, Road to Isengard.)
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Old 03-02-2005, 03:12 PM   #4
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I don't know if this is the case with anyone else, but on my computer (actually, both of my computers), when I look at the Chapter-by-Chapter forum, I see either a ghost or a locked-forum sign, both of which I took to mean, for the longest time, that the CbC forum was a forum only opened once in a while for discussion by members who were a part of a select group or something.

Does anyone else seen icons of that nature on the CbC forum? If so, maybe that would account for part of the problem. After all, who would bother trying to post in a forum that appeared to be locked? I didn't for quite a while.
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Old 03-02-2005, 03:21 PM   #5
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Whoa!! The ghost (or lock) means that only certain persons (mods) can open new threads. It doesn't mean that you cannot post to the existing threads. The Shire is likewise locked because only the mods can open new games. But there's plenty of activity there.

Esty always opens each new thread. (And she does a marvellous job.)

Go into the sub-forum, and you will see unlocked threads!
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Old 03-02-2005, 03:23 PM   #6
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Hmmmm, if it shows up as a locked forum, then that's only because the ability to open threads there is limited to the moderator and administrators. However, anyone can post there, and I hope to encourage many to try it - it's fun!

PS - Cross-posted with Mark12_30, who already explained the reasons...
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Old 03-02-2005, 03:25 PM   #7
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Well yes, I discovered that eventually, and as the written record will show, posted a few times (although I must confess that I belong more to the respond to responses crowd than to the initial responders).

My initial confusion arose from experience elsewhere, and so I wondered if that might have had any bearing on other people posting.
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