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5045565 No.5045565 [Reply] [Original]

I know you probably hate high fantasy but I haven't been reading books in a LONG time. I used to read a lot when I was younger but then I went full weeabo and only read comics and manga. Yesterday I was passing by a magazine stand when I notice that an editorial where I live is editing Tolkien books at a really low price. I've already read the LOTR trilogy , the silmarilion and the hobbit , but back when I read them I didn't know about Sons of Hurin. Is it a good read for someone who enjoys the genre? Is the pacing good for a person who is coming back from "POW POM BANG EXPLOSION" ? Or is it a read that requires patience and steadiness?
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>> No.5045588

>>5045565
If books arent your thing dont spend your time on them. Life is short, do what makes you happy. To answer your question, the pacing is pretty slow but its an interesting read and if you liked Tolkiens other work youll enjoy this one.

Also isnt it The Children of Húrin?

>> No.5045673

>>5045588
Yes sorry I just translated the name from my language

And thanks for the reccomendation. I guess I'll give it a try. It's cheap enough to not be a regret if I end up not too hokked up to it

>> No.5045709

>>5045673

>not pirating ebooks

haha you really don't read. Nobody here buys books, don't waste your money

>> No.5047443

>>5045709
>maybe if I believe everyone is a basement dwelling loser like me I won't feel like such a waste of flesh

Sorry kid. Just bought Book of the New Sun on hardcover and the entire Black Company series on Kindle. Maybe go upstairs and ask your mommy for more allowance.

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5047453

>>5047409

Which editions? I have hardcovers of the American ones, mainly for Shadow and Claw's cover-arts

>> No.5047507

>>5047443
>bying a book on kindle
why would you do that, are you trying to be the best goy possible?

>> No.5047573

>>5047443
>Just bought...
...into the scam perpetuated by the good-goy dehumanizing machine.

Protip: you were duped by an organized ring of conmen.

>> No.5047579

>>5047573
Stealing from the least profitable artistic medium is not virtuous, you're just a fat autistic faggot who wants his life subsidized.

>> No.5047614

>>5047579
Do you think that the money you spend on books goes to the author? Protip, the author gets _at best_ 1% of the money you pay for books. By pirating you're stealing from distributors and producers, the lowest of the low in the hierarchy of human scum.