Funny, I started my own first-ever reread not long ago.
Liam Send a noteboard - 17/04/2010 02:16:35 AM
...for the first time in over ten years as well.
I say reread, but really I decided to download the audiobook and try it out. I couldn't bring myself to actually read the books.
Now, whilst I quite enjoyed The Eye of the World as a pleasant adventure, it's impressive that I managed to get to the end. More than anything else, the early dialogue in Emond's Field nearly drove me mad. It was largely how I imagine Little House on the Prairie to be (I never saw the programme), but turned up to eleven. Fortunately I was generally doing some kind of household task when listening, so I was able to zone out.
Obviously I've changed between the ages of 12 and 23. I've got one of them lit'rature degrees and everything, so the books weren't going to stand up in quite the way they used to. I've been wondering if I'm seeing even more flaws than I would have done if I'd gone into the books now without having read them before, rather than with an idealised preconception in my mind. Who knows?
What is interesting, though, is that despite finding the books, uhm, questionable in their quality, is the fact that I've kept listening. I'm on The Shadow Rising now, although I've been distracted by several other books lately (as an aside, I'm finding Tristram Shandy incredibly disappointing so far), and I've found myself considering all the old theories that used to bug me so much. I'm on the WoT board right now for that very reason. It doesn't make much sense, but the over-arching plot has got under my skin, which I think is pretty impressive.
Apologies if the little I've written is a garbled mess, I'm well on my way to sleep as I type.
I say reread, but really I decided to download the audiobook and try it out. I couldn't bring myself to actually read the books.
Now, whilst I quite enjoyed The Eye of the World as a pleasant adventure, it's impressive that I managed to get to the end. More than anything else, the early dialogue in Emond's Field nearly drove me mad. It was largely how I imagine Little House on the Prairie to be (I never saw the programme), but turned up to eleven. Fortunately I was generally doing some kind of household task when listening, so I was able to zone out.
Obviously I've changed between the ages of 12 and 23. I've got one of them lit'rature degrees and everything, so the books weren't going to stand up in quite the way they used to. I've been wondering if I'm seeing even more flaws than I would have done if I'd gone into the books now without having read them before, rather than with an idealised preconception in my mind. Who knows?
What is interesting, though, is that despite finding the books, uhm, questionable in their quality, is the fact that I've kept listening. I'm on The Shadow Rising now, although I've been distracted by several other books lately (as an aside, I'm finding Tristram Shandy incredibly disappointing so far), and I've found myself considering all the old theories that used to bug me so much. I'm on the WoT board right now for that very reason. It doesn't make much sense, but the over-arching plot has got under my skin, which I think is pretty impressive.
Apologies if the little I've written is a garbled mess, I'm well on my way to sleep as I type.
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Oh, how simply grand it is to be travelling by dirigible again. Direct us to the west good sir, tonight we will remember what it is to live.
Oh, how simply grand it is to be travelling by dirigible again. Direct us to the west good sir, tonight we will remember what it is to live.
Re-reading WoT Ten Years Later
16/04/2010 06:07:40 AM
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The Eye of the World (1997-2000, 2010 reads)
16/04/2010 06:08:54 AM
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Re: The Eye of the World (1997-2000, 2010 reads)
16/04/2010 06:29:53 PM
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I think you misrepresent me
16/04/2010 11:15:34 PM
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Re: I think you misrepresent me
17/04/2010 02:56:53 PM
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MA in History? Is there a more useless degree?
16/04/2010 09:56:36 PM
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Yes, whatever degree you have/are studying for
16/04/2010 11:12:55 PM
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Funny, I started my own first-ever reread not long ago.
17/04/2010 02:16:35 AM
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Aww...
16/04/2010 07:58:27 PM
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That's next month or June
16/04/2010 11:12:02 PM
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Be sure to send me a noteboard then .
17/04/2010 03:45:46 AM
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Oh, I'd post it at this site as well, perhaps
17/04/2010 03:51:19 AM
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Yeah, but I only lurk in the OF when I'm interested in getting new books...
17/04/2010 04:00:14 AM
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The more posts from this larry guy I read, the more I think.........
18/04/2010 08:56:34 AM
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Interesting metatextual analysis there
18/04/2010 09:47:43 AM
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Nice, but in the future...
18/04/2010 04:04:07 PM
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I know...
18/04/2010 08:11:18 PM
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Re: The more posts from this larry guy I read, the more I think.........
18/04/2010 10:26:12 AM
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The Great Hunt (1997-2000, 2010 reads)
19/04/2010 09:22:40 AM
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It's interesting you thought this about The Great Hunt.
19/04/2010 07:06:57 PM
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Yeah, I almost gave up this series after The Eye of the World too. *NM*
19/04/2010 08:38:25 PM
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Winter's Heart (2000 initial read; 2010 re-read)
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Re: Winter's Heart (2000 initial read; 2010 re-read)
08/05/2010 09:43:31 AM
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