Ack, I managed to miss this until now!
I just love the idea of getting some Tolkien in here!
Imp, yes the VTSG was a great communal effort! (Thanks for remembering me! I loved taking part in the first chapters, but then lost track because I wasn't so fond of large parts of the Quenta - I'd love to try again here!
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You did a lot of work organising stuff though, and arranging summaries and all - it would never have been a success without you sticking to it!
But, yes, it was very like Frodo's kitchen (only more difficult in the sense that it was about a wider range of texts, where the kitchen concentrated on LOTR only) - in that you discussed a topic, each poster taking up things the previous one had said and adding things, so that in the end you came to a conclusion for yourself without knowing how. You never clearly remembered who had said what - just that everybody's contributions had helped form the final result. The VTSG was just like that, and if that happens it's just brilliant - an awesome feeling of group achievement!
So - have I missed my favourite part of the Sil - the Ainulindale?
I quickly read through the first pages of this thread, but thought I'd post a hello first before catching up on the actual discussion.
Do you start the Quenta this week already? (Because I'd have to read up on that and don't know if I have the time.)
(Yikes I just realised you had planned to start the Quenta in the first section - and then 50 pages a week!
I hope it'll be a bit slower than that.
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