The Brown Lands sound pretty grim. And the Company must be highly distracted since no one broke into song during this entire chapter!
And AHA, I had suspected those pale eyes belonged to Gollum. Sounds like a horrid little creature, and even Aragorn says he's very dangerous. I wonder if this means dangerous to fight, or dangerous because he's a spy for the bad guys?
And aha, I was right about time passing more quickly for the Elves.
HMMM...the next chapter's title, "The Breaking of the Fellowship" is intriguing. And it's the last chapter in The Fellowship Of The Ring! WOW, I'm almost at the end of the book!! (I couldn't tell before, since I'm reading a compilation of all three in one volume) Must keep reading...
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"And the Company must be highly distracted since no one broke into song during this entire chapter!"
:D OK, this made me laugh out loud.
Posted by Allison @ 2001 May 17 12:19 PM EST
Yes please keep up the reading!:)This has become one of the highlights of my day. I pop-in all the time waiting for a new post!
Posted by Martin @ 2001 May 17 01:59 PM EST
I am always intrigued to see your comments about what you think will happen based on what you've already read. Sometimes I'm amazed at your perceptions, and sometimes I'm jealous of the surprises you have yet to encounter! Keep reading, it only gets better.
Posted by Chris @ 2001 May 17 03:14 PM EST
"And aha, I was right about time passing more quickly for the Elves."
Yes, sort of. Tolkien borrowed a bit from Norwegian and Celtic mythology here. Elves were always believed to be mischievous and dangerous because of their use of magic. In "The Hobbit" Elves were as tall as humans (A fact that was, at that time, unique in Tolkiens work). They did still have a playfull nature: lots of dancing, singing and teasing. That characterisitic is gone in "The Lord of the Rings".
Posted by Martijn @ 2001 Jun 01 03:02 AM EST
The elves in LoTR still do alot of singing, (Rivendell) and Gildor's company was very friendly and all. Personally, I love Tolkien's elves all around. Read the Silmarillion and the Book of Lost Tales and Unfinished Tales... Great stuff about elves (Especially Silmarillion) but mostly serious and sad. Middle-Earth is full of tragedies... You'll see that Frodo's adventure really is amazing.
Posted by Glen @ 2001 Jun 01 02:14 PM EST
The elves in LoTR still do alot of singing, (Rivendell) and Gildor's company was very friendly and all. Personally, I love Tolkien's elves all around. Read the Silmarillion and the Book of Lost Tales and Unfinished Tales... Great stuff about elves (Especially Silmarillion) but mostly serious and sad. Middle-Earth is full of tragedies...
Posted by Glen @ 2001 Jun 01 02:15 PM EST
Now do you see why the constant singing at the beginning was so important? You notice it when it's not there and see how things have turned for the worse!
Posted by GEM @ 2001 Jul 05 03:12 AM EST
