I tried to read LotR every summer for a period of about eight years.
I did that for Les Miserables. I must have started that stupid book ten or fifteen times. I finally managed to finish it last year, and decided that it really hadn't been worth the effort. The musical version is so much better that it's astounding.
when he'd borrowed stories wholecloth from the mythology and folklore I'd been raised on.
Ah, see, I have to admit I'm one of those people who weren't familiar with the background. I've never even read Beowulfe, much less some of the more obscure Western Europe folklore. I probably should, if just to be better versed in the allusions and stories, but it's currently very low on my list of Classics I Will Someday Read If Just to Have Read Them.
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Date: 2004-10-10 08:38 pm (UTC)I did that for Les Miserables. I must have started that stupid book ten or fifteen times. I finally managed to finish it last year, and decided that it really hadn't been worth the effort. The musical version is so much better that it's astounding.
when he'd borrowed stories wholecloth from the mythology and folklore I'd been raised on.
Ah, see, I have to admit I'm one of those people who weren't familiar with the background. I've never even read Beowulfe, much less some of the more obscure Western Europe folklore. I probably should, if just to be better versed in the allusions and stories, but it's currently very low on my list of Classics I Will Someday Read If Just to Have Read Them.