On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:22:38 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:480fa61d$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:17:09 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
>>
>> > Do not even try reading the Silmarillion. It reads like a history
>> > text book.
>>
>> Ain't *that* the truth.  I found it to be very difficult to read -
>> ended up starting it 3 times before I read it all the way through.
> 
> I've never read it cover to cover. I use it more as a reference book.

That's almost gotta be a better way to use it.

Have you read The Children of Hurin?  I've got the book on CDs, but 
haven't opened it yet.

Jim

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