Unfinished Tales - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Daisy Sandybanks · 06-25-2002, 09:27 PM

Oh! Yay! Im really happy right now! I just bought Unfinished Tales! I would have bought The Sil. but it cost $14 something, and I only had $15, and I wanted to use my money in buying two books (other one being The Tale of the Body Theif by Anne Rice).
So, yeah, Im just posting my joy!
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ElanorGamgee · 06-25-2002, 09:31 PM

I just got Unfinished Tales recently too. I have nearly finished it, and it's really good. I thought that it was a bit more difficult to read than The Lord of the Rings, but still very interesting. I hope you enjoy it [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Daniel Telcontar · 06-26-2002, 05:21 AM

You are more lucky than you know. Around were I live, the only Tolkien books are LOTR, or if it is a major bookstore they also have the hobbit. Sometimes I hate living here. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

Lomelinde · 06-26-2002, 10:31 AM

I'm sure you don't need me to say this, but be sure to read the Sil as well. The Unfinished Tales has a lot of references to it, and you might not know what some of the stories or characters are talking about. Otherwise, enjoy! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

gollum*elf*pup · 06-26-2002, 10:33 AM

<font color="FFCCFF"> ya, i thought it was a good book too! and ya, it was kind og harder to read, but good all the same!!! </color>

Greycloak · 06-26-2002, 10:48 AM

The last time I went to Costco in my town, they had both the Sil and UT for $7 each.

The Silver-shod Muse · 06-26-2002, 11:59 AM

The stores in my town don't even usually carry books. Too much illiteracy to be worth stocking... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Tigerlily Gamgee · 06-26-2002, 05:05 PM

<font color=gold> I will be beginning that book soon as well. I love the fact that I have a friend that works at Border's! Discounts!!!! YAY! It is the next book on my list of books to read this summer (along with The Chronicles of Narnia, the Mists of Avalon, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - I think thats the title of the fourth one)!

Remmirath · 06-30-2002, 02:36 PM

Woo! I'm just reading the UT now. I like that I get to know the characters from the Sil better. But yes, like everyone else already said, make sure to read the Silmarillion. It's critical...

Tigerlily Gamgee-All those books are awesome. The last book I read was The Mists of Avalon. The ending is less than what I wanted, but still good if you want to familarize yourself with the myths of Arthur. (easier too than Le Morte D'Arthur)

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 07-01-2002, 04:43 PM

Be sure to read some of the HoME too! But you don;t have to put up with Christopher Tolkien's endless commentaries if you don't want to. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] The Books of Lost Tales are awesome, especially the Tale of Tinuviel!

06-25-2002, 09:27 PM	#1
Daisy Sandybanks Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 101	Unfinished Tales Oh! Yay! Im really happy right now! I just bought Unfinished Tales! I would have bought The Sil. but it cost $14 something, and I only had $15, and I wanted to use my money in buying two books (other one being The Tale of the Body Theif by Anne Rice). So, yeah, Im just posting my joy! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Knowlege is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

06-25-2002, 09:31 PM	#2
ElanorGamgee Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 314	I just got Unfinished Tales recently too. I have nearly finished it, and it's really good. I thought that it was a bit more difficult to read than The Lord of the Rings, but still very interesting. I hope you enjoy it [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Soli Deo Gloria

06-26-2002, 05:21 AM	#3
Daniel Telcontar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 713	You are more lucky than you know. Around were I live, the only Tolkien books are LOTR, or if it is a major bookstore they also have the hobbit. Sometimes I hate living here. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ Two beer or not two beer, that is the question; by Shakesbeer

06-26-2002, 10:31 AM	#4
Lomelinde Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ha! Wouldn't you like to know? Posts: 80	I'm sure you don't need me to say this, but be sure to read the Sil as well. The Unfinished Tales has a lot of references to it, and you might not know what some of the stories or characters are talking about. Otherwise, enjoy! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ The Dwarf breathes so loud I could've shot him in the dark, drunk, blindfolded and hanging upside down from a tree.

06-26-2002, 10:33 AM	#5
gollumelfpup Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: big...scary...castle... Posts: 277	<font color="FFCCFF"> ya, i thought it was a good book too! and ya, it was kind og harder to read, but good all the same!!! </color> __________________ ~elfpup~ PI's evil family dog!!! I have found the chicken who is not a chicken!

06-26-2002, 10:48 AM	#6
Greycloak Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 28	The last time I went to Costco in my town, they had both the Sil and UT for $7 each.

06-26-2002, 11:59 AM	#7
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	The stores in my town don't even usually carry books. Too much illiteracy to be worth stocking... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis

06-26-2002, 05:05 PM	#8
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	<font color=gold> I will be beginning that book soon as well. I love the fact that I have a friend that works at Border's! Discounts!!!! YAY! It is the next book on my list of books to read this summer (along with The Chronicles of Narnia, the Mists of Avalon, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - I think thats the title of the fourth one)! __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

06-30-2002, 02:36 PM	#9
Remmirath Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Eldalonde on fair Westernesse Posts: 12	Woo! I'm just reading the UT now. I like that I get to know the characters from the Sil better. But yes, like everyone else already said, make sure to read the Silmarillion. It's critical... Tigerlily Gamgee-All those books are awesome. The last book I read was The Mists of Avalon. The ending is less than what I wanted, but still good if you want to familarize yourself with the myths of Arthur. (easier too than Le Morte D'Arthur) __________________ "From this point on, she whispered to him earlier, we will either find or lose our souls." The English Patient "But you ARE a person, and I can't say I'm fond of that" -Nny "Over the Moutains of the Moon, down the valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride, the shade replied-if you seek for Eldorado!"-Edgar Allen Poe I am dearprudence64 on AOL. IM me.

07-01-2002, 04:43 PM	#10
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	Be sure to read some of the HoME too! But you don;t have to put up with Christopher Tolkien's endless commentaries if you don't want to. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] The Books of Lost Tales are awesome, especially the Tale of Tinuviel! __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.