Re: Books that take a long time to read. - Edit 1
Before modification by Camilla at 03/08/2010 09:01:38 AM
So at the current rate I'm flying through LA COMMUNAUTÉ DE L'ANNEAU (roughly a page every ten minutes), I expect to blast through the remaining 652 pages in a little over 108 hours. Instead of focusing on that particular misery, a survey of sorts:
1) what's the longest time you've spent reading a book?
I don't actually know. I never really timed it. I suppose I used quite a long time on Señor de los anillos and Don Quijote (in Spanish), but it didn't feel like it (in part because I was spending the time that would otherwise have been dedicated to biology, maths and physics.
2) do you ever get put off by length?
It hasn't happened yet.
3) what about complexity?
What do you mean? What kind of complexity?
4) how long is too long?
Hmmm. I don't know. At some point you'd have to draw the line, I suppose. Critical mass and all that. But since I am not a "monogamous" (really must find a better word) reader, I don't really care how long the book is. I don't have to put all other books aside while I read it, so I don't see that it matters how long it would take to finish it.
5) Is there any hope of me making it through Tom Bombadil in this thing?
Of course. Certainly if it is a good translation. And once you have gotten to Rivendell, the rest should be easy going, as you will by then have absorbed most of the specialised vocabulary and then some. Trust me.
Y'all have a great day now, y'hear.
I will.