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11663432 No.11663432 [Reply] [Original]

You know you're supposed to read it in Quenya, right? English just can't carry all the nuances and wordplay and what the author truly meant.

>> No.11663519
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>>11663432
Did Latin America get the best covers? I bought all the books in spanish as a kid (in Argentina). I was fascinated by John Howe's art. Now that I'm expanding my collection (versions in english) I've realized how rare are the books with Howe's art.

>> No.11665096

>>11663432
I read it Bom-ba-dillo-ese you reeking faggot

>> No.11665110

THIS IS WHAT (christopher) TOLKIEN WANTED

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>>11663519
Geoff Taylor does some cool art

>> No.11665174

>>11663519
>>11665144
Holy shit I'm glad I have the minimalist black HarperCollins binding, compared to these.

>> No.11665181

>>11665174
Fuck you buddy

>> No.11665205

>>11665181
They're equivalent to the button-down shirts with flame graphics on them

>> No.11665208

Quenya was modelled after Finnish, and I´ve read Silmarillion in Finnish so close enough.

>> No.11665223

>>11665205
You're equivalent to the shit on my shoe.

>> No.11665270

>>11663432
Has it ever been published in Quenya, though? Or are you just b8ing?

>> No.11666007

>>11665270
Honestly, Silmarillion in Quenya would feel like the most natural thing ever.

>> No.11666139

>>11665223
At least it's a uniform color pattern

>> No.11666144

>>11665208
>bragging about being a Finn

I can't even comprehend this

>> No.11666153

>>11666144
>In 1955 he told the poet WH Auden that discovering Finnish had been like "entering a complete wine-cellar filled with bottles of an amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before".

I think we have reason to be proud.

>> No.11666164

>>11665174
I don't like those. Lee and Howe are just great, I have to buy an artbook.