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... comes out. I'm in Sweden again now so as usual I bought a Discworld at the airport Guards, Guards this time. I also have The Children of Hurin by the bed as well as Spike Milligan. A biography by way of a change. The Children of Hurin by J. R. R. Tolkien. In my TBR pile #150 The Children of Hurin - J R R Tolkien
This book is hard going. Compare the writing here with Tolkien's masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings" or with his wonderfully accessible "The Hobbit" and you will be very disappointed. This is not surprising as this is not a book Tolkien published. Inst ... I must admit I haven't even bothered getting Children of Hurin as it came out when I had cut back on my purchases and when I did investigate it I read some reviews which suggested that it was a hard read comparing it to Silmarillion and The History of the Middle Earth. I have bought The Legend ... ... sale mentioned in another thread.
Made it through the Silmarillion, but don't want to try again, and agree on Children of Hurin. ... I started reading Doctor Zhivago about 25 years ago and still haven't quite finished it. I'm planning on taking The Children of Hurin on holiday to Portugal with me so I'll see how I get on with that. I loved LOTR and the Hobbit, finished Silmarillion (but will never read it again) but the Children of Hurin defeated me. ... at Books-a-million today: The House on Tradd Street by Karen White,Queen of Broken Hearts by Cassandra King, The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, Rococo by Adriana Trigiani and finally The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig. I love sale tables! ...
Captain Wentworth's Diary
Edmund Bertram's Diary
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
Interred With Their Bones
The Children of Hurin
Slay Ride- for a gift
That's on top of I Used To Know That, I Before E (Except after C), The Man Who Loved Jane Austen, and Top Secret Rec ... #119, speaking of The Silmarillion, has anyone read The Children of Hurin? I've had it for a couple of years but have yet to crack it open. ... having never read any of Iain M. Banks SciFi before and loved it so thought I should start closer to the beginning.
The Children of Hurin I never fancied this when it came out but got fed up with reading good reviews so...
Judas Unchained Sequel to Pandora's Star also just read
Oxf ... ... Armageddon's Children
by Terry Brooks
Pages: 416
6. Califia's Daughters
by Leigh Richards
Pages: 496
7. The Children of Hurin
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Pages: 320
8. Lorwyn
by Scott McGough
Pages: 320
9. The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Pages: 320
10. The Odyssey ... ... into 'Help the Aged' with ten minutes 'til closing and getting hold of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore and Tolkien's The Children of Hurin for £1 each, yay! You know what they say, you can't keep a book woman down... i am sure i'll buy the new book. i still haven't actually read the children of hurin, so can't compare that to the rest. i liked the silmarillion for what it was, a fill in for all the cool elfin background that i wanted to know. i guess i am not apurist, i want to read all the little bits he ... Children of Hurin produced in the same bindings as the current Tolkien works would be much appreciated ... The Lord of the Rings this way now, and have enjoyed it so much more. I'm hoping I can find an audiobook version of The Children of Hurin at my library so I can round out my Middle-Earth experience. Happy Birthday JRRT! *raises, erm, a nice cup of tea in toast* :-)
And as a side note, now I feel the need to go read The Children of Hurin. Gah! Happy Birthday Professor! Definitely a birthday to be thankful for.
Lucky Groo to be reading The Children of Hurin for the first time. It's wonderful. 3. Die Geschichte der Kinder Hurins by Tolkien. Da muß ich nichts weiter zu sagen, oder?
I just used a Borders Gift Card to add 3 to my Christmas haul!
Children of Hurin by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Opening Day: the Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season by Jonathan Eig What a coincidence, i just used my Borders gift card today to finally buy Children of Hurin. Happy Birthday, Professor! ... Purple – Alice Walker
7 Girl with a Pearl Earning - Tracey Chevaller
8 Chronicles of Narnia – C.S Lewis
9 The Children of Hurin – J.R.R Tolkien **My Review**
3/9 Books Read 128) The Children of Húrin by JRR Tolkien
I got this for my dad for his birthday, and he let me borrow it when he was done. It's a bit over-hyped, really. Not bad, but not great either. I'd like to add a small note to the alliterative verse discussion we had earlier. I've just finished reading Tolkien's The Children of Hurin, and found out in the appendix that Tolkien had also a poem version of the tale, written in alliterative verse, and a small part is cited there:
...they ... ... I got:
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, The Fall of Rome by Michael Curtis Ford, The Religion by Tim Willocks, The Children of Hurin by Tolkien, and a new cookbook, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics by Ina Garten. We also got groceries in on the plane and I am eyeing the herb-marina ... ... one of the "major" ones. Thanks for the information you provided to help me decide which one to read.
I haven't read Hurin yet--but Silmarillion wasn't a cheery read and I enjoyed that one. I don't require sweetness and light nor do I require a happy ending. What I like, though, if ... ... read all that Hardy because I hate his writing. But you have to like tragedy. Which I hope celebrian does like, because The Children of Hurin is another one. What does that character say at the end of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare in Love, with tears in his eyes? "Sad..... and beautiful." ... ... by Thursday when we have a plane coming with groceries and mail. Then I can move on to something more cheerful like, say, The Children of Hurin. ;-) ... uses! I've read the Trilogy 2X & The Hobbit 3X & The Sil once, UT once, the first 3 vol. of HoMe once each as well as The Children of Hurin. I will ultimately read the other 9 volumes of HoMe too. Some of Tolkien i love more than the rest but i enjoy it all. It is amazing to consider ... ... up and having to go downstairs to my desk to write down ideas that occur as I try and go to sleep.
The discussion about Children of Hurin got me reading that again. I am amazed at the depth of Tolkein's pre-history of a fantasy world. I think that is what makes The Hobit and Lord of the Ri ... I have recently finished Children of Hurin. It needs another read, The Alan Lee illustrations give the book a sort of cold, sad feel. In fact the story is dark. I still couldn't put it down. I love Tolkein and I thought this really showed how many of his ideas for The Lord of the Rings ... ... Sanderson and The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith.
These I found at the Borders on the way home: The Children of Hurin by you know who, Making Money by Terry Pratchett and The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I think I'll read Jane Eyre again before I read the Fforde ... ... in a row.
AND, if we read those we may as well read the Hobbit and (the book i think is the best from the Tolkien Family) The Children of Hurin. I read this some time ago and wanted to re-read but never got around to it (steven king's 7 book series the dark tower occupied my time for a year ... Any UK angels around? I very much want The Children of Hurin, but this person won't send to the U.S...
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/mooch_choice?asin=0007246226
Thanks!! ... anniversary edition of LOTR from the amazon.uk.com site with no problems, so I'm not totally sure about all of this. When The Children of Hurin was announced as being available, I could only find Houghton and Mifflin copies for sale, so that's what I bought at that time. I could not find any Ha ... ... countries FS sites if you use a U.S. shipping address. This is not just a Folio Society issue since I remember the recent Children of Hurin limited edition from the original publisher (HarperCollins?) was also not available in the U.S.
I obtained my set through eBay. I seem to remember from ... ... of the Eagle by Esther Friesner
The Children of the Company by Kage Baker
Children of the Lion by Peter Danielson
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien ... - all of the above from charity shops
Then I walked past Waterstones
T H White, Sword in the stone
Tolkien,The Children of Hurin
and Neil Gaiman, M is for Magic 3 for 2 so this added up to £15.98
Then I had to go to Manchester to buy Lavinia by Le Guin (they don't ... ... it, though the footnotes are really hard to follow on audio...
Valis by Philip K. Dick (not sure if I like it or not)
Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
I started both of these last week, but it's That Time in the semester, and I'm having trouble finishing anything fast. So I'm also ... Just for the record, the sales numbers for The Children of Húrin never rebounded after they sold out and it plummeted off the best sellers list. ... at the publisher did a lousy job estimating the popularity of this book.
I recall this happening with Tolkien's The Children of Húrin last year, and I think it had very serious impact on the sales momentum the book had achieved. I know I got the very last copy at our local B&N, and ... ... er
39. Stephenie Meyer - The Host
40 Stephen King - Duma Key
41. Brandon Sanderson - Elantris
42. J.R.R Tolkien - Children of Hurin
43. Frances Hodgson Burnett - De geheime tuin (The Secret garden)
This is hard 'cause I read so many good books this past year, thanks to LT.
Best Fiction: It's a tie between The Children of Hurin and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, (I like what JPB said about Harry, I agree with him, it was so much fun joining in with everybody on all the ... In fact, even The Children of Húrin wasn't officially official. ;o) I just started The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was a Christmas present. ... he uses in this series, adapted to fit the narrator who is Alatriste's servant; very effective. Outstanding book.
30. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R.Tolien. Fills in the background of the earliest legends including creation myths before moving on to a more "modern" legend. Still pre-L ... ... the touchstones would pick up...ugh), as many encyclicals as I can get my hands on, the History of Middle-earth series and The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, some poetry (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and others), and everything by G.K. Chesterton and George Ma ... Decided to read the entire Lord of the Rings series, including The Hobbit and The Children of Hurin. Finished The Hobbit and have read half of The Fellowship of the Ring. Sorry, I kinda missed the point of the first post. The answer is yes, The Children of Hurin can be read as a standalone story. The preface recaps the story of Hurin, which isn't really necessary as the book is about his son, Turin, and starts with him as a young child. ... & Unfinished Tales (a stand alone volume of more of the JRRT materials) edited by Christopher of course. I also read The Children of Hurin which is, as stated, an expanded version of those parts of the Sil that are about Turin & family. To further the confusion Vols. 6-9 are sub-sub ... I've read The Children of Hurin and can say it's worth the read. It's an expanded, novelized version of "Of Turin Turambar" from The Silmarillion.
This may sound odd but one way to approach this is to read The Silmarillion up to "Of Turin", read "Children of Hurin" in its place, then ... Brett -
You may never read The Children of Hurin if you read The Silmarillion first. The former is far more accessible than the latter.
I just picked up The Children of Hurin from my college bookstore. I've read the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and loved them. I want to start reading this but I have one question for y'all. Is this part of a series or can I read it without reading anything else? The Discworld books are great. Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors.
I have The Children of Hurin in my to be read pile, also. I kept dithering whether to buy it or not and ended up getting it on Bookins.
I haven't read any of John Dunning's books but I had heard that ... ... taking up too much room in his apartment--but he wants them back when I am done. And my daughter just loaned me her copy of Children of Hurin Ah with kids like these, I'll always have a tower of books looming over my bed!
I listened to an audio verision of Horse Heaven a few years ago. I'll ... ... when the works are already connected via the author and tags. Why not combine LotR with The Silmarillion? Or embed The Children of Hurin into The Silmarillion? They're all part of the same epic saga with a consistent fan base.
When it comes to to combining translations, I say lump ... ... of the Universe by
Douglas Adams
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K.Rowling
rereading both
Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion By J.R.R. Tolkien
Just beginning my first ever reading of the HP series. Only a few years late!!
Used ... Well-am in the middle of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and lovin' it. Still rereading Children of Hurin & listening to The Silmarillion. The Sil being the first step in reading the 'Chronological Tolkien' which ought to take me through the summer & into fall. Have made a stab at starting ... My top books for this quarter are
1. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
3. Thunderstruck by Erik Larsen
4. Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
5. The beautiful cigar girl by Daniel Stashower I love the challenge of this, here goes:
Author:
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, anything and everything by the Professor is a treasure to me.
Chronicles of Fairacre by Miss Read, she offers such a lovely light escape from the real world.
The Birthday of the World and Other Sto ... ... a local indie bookstore where i ordered Sourcery & bought a used copy of Ancient Oregon. Am still doing a rereading of The Children of Hurin. Meanwhile the TBR pile ain't getting any smaller! I was pretty excited to read The Children of Hurin but it took a while because I was in the middle of another book (Life of Pi) and because I had pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition and so had to wait for it. The wait wasn't too bad since I already knew the story so well from The Silmarillion and Un ... 12. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
Currently reading:
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
The History of the Ancient World by S. Wise Bauer ... the latest publication date (for anthologies). Now I can sort my books chronologically from The Epic of Gilgamesh through The Children of Hurin (my latest acquisition).
Translating this to the bookshelf, I've organized primary texts (poetry, fiction, philosophy, theology, etc.) ... Right now I'm reading The Children of Hurin which I'm enjoying tremendously. It's making me want to revisit The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales but they will have to wait as I'm travelling soon and need more portable books. So I'm taking Birdsong and Love in The Time of Cholera, both ... I like Arwen too, there's also Morwen from The Children of Hurin? I'm only about half way through the story, but she seems a pretty strong, proud, determined woman (so far).
This is a very cool idea, picking a name from a book. ... The Time Traveler's Wife, so I'd be happy to participate in a discussion of either. I had a look to see if I could get Children of Hurin sometime soon from a library around here, no luck, so I'll be out for that for sure. I would be willing to do His Majesty's Dragon or Children of Hurin (though because it's unavailable in PB will reduce those willing a lot) I have a copy of Good Omen' sitting on my shelf near the top of my TBR so that one would definately get my vote. Pass on Children of Hurin for me. Sorry. It's not that I have anything against Tolkien, it's just his books always require a big commitment from me, and I can't between working full time and school part time.
However, I am reading His Majesty's Dragon right now, and I LOVE it. Not in the ... I'd like to do Children of Hurin, but it seems to be sold out for now, so I would have to beg, borrow or steal one.
I'm not going to do any other fantasy reads right now, I'm committed to several other reads and fantasy isn't my favorite genre. ... diverse. That said, I'm not really into reading the sequel to American Gods, Anansi Boys, right now. And I'll pass on The Children of Hurin. The other ideas sound good though. I'd only join Children of hurin in paperback, I just don't have room for any hardbacks...
I'd second Contact as it's a great book, though it is fairly long for a group read. There are lots of philosophical issues that can be raised in the discussions, not just technical writing details.
I ... I'd definitely participate in a discussion of The Time Traveller's Wife.
I'll join in on The Children of Hurin if I'm able to get a library copy, but it's not something I'd consider buying new in hardcover. I'd also pass on Children of Hurin - I'm not a big fan of buying hardbacks, and if I'm going to struggle through Tolkien's non-LotR stuff, I should go finish Unfinished Tales.
I'm putting a vote in for the Temeraire series... I already have a copy of His Majesty's Dragon sitting on top of ... I'm happy to group read Children of Hurin, though if something else comes up, then I'll be happy with that too (Temeraire is my choice to throw into the hat)... and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how to sit on the fence ;-) I think Children of Hurin would be nice but I plan to wait 'til the paperback so I'm out if this is the next read...
Good luck with the oija board, Groo! I'm up for Children of Hurin, but I gotta finish For a Few Demons More, first. Oi...plus I gotta read up on some rpg stuff, since my group is going to start Deadlands soon. We've discussed Children of Hurin as a group read, and I'm all for that. Anyone else?
Bah, wonky touchstones... ... this semester...and staring longingly at all the lovely novels in my TBR piles just begging to be picked up, including Children of Hurin, which I have promised myself I can read as a reward when classes are over. 9. Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans by Dave Eggers
Currently reading The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien Thanks for the recommendations!
38. Brian's Song by William Blinn (119 pages)
39. The Children of Hurin by J. R. R. Tolkien (313 pages) #64 - the bits you've read in SIlmarillion and lost tales were JRR, everything else is Christopher tolkein. Children of Hurin is CTs first attempt at writing an actual novel. He has filled in all the details without editorial comment, in his father's style. Apparently it is pretty good (s ... I'd be interested in reading Children of Hurin at some point, but I can't buy it in hardcover since I don't have the money, so I'd have to find it at the library, which in my current situation is a bit unlikely. So if we do this soon, I probably won't be able to participate.
I did just read T ... I'm kind of afraid to venture anywhere near a bookstore right now, because I know if I do, I'll leave with not only Children of Hurin, but the complete works of Christopher Moore, Brandon Sanderson, and Jasper Fforde as well, and I'm reallyreallyreally trying to save money!!! #63 Am I missing something here? What percentage of Children of Hurin is Tolkien, and what percentage "other"?
Or are you talking Magic Balls of Thorglopf, which I can assure you was all written by I.P. Knightly (best known for his Rusty Bedsprings series). I might be up for Children of Hurin, but only if my library has it processed by then and I'm able to get my hands on a copy. I wouldn't buy it, since new hardcovers cost WAY too much here and it'd be difficult, (if not impossible), to find used. Children of Hurin I would read with this group, might even convince me to buy it. :) I've been on the edge trying to think of an excuse.
I was sort of looking forward to that trilogy though. ... and I'm always amazed with how they managed to squeeze just one more gem out of this fantastic world.
Oh, and Children of Hurin must surely be a GD group read, you're right. I was thinking about this, mostly because of Children of Hurin. Which do you prefer? The imagine-it-yourself way C.S. Lewis writes fiction or the details J.R.R. Tolkien shares? Hey, I liked Magic Balls of Thorglop, especially Book 2: The ChafeSong of Thorglop!
Still Children of Hurin would be an appropriate group read. I do think Children of Hurin should be a Green Dragon read.
That's what this group is all about.
Better that than some Magic Balls of Thorglopf trilogy or something like that. ... book? What do you think of it? And for those who've also read Silmarillion, do you think it is still worthwhile going for Children of Hurin? ... Tales (both 1 & 2 & wanted to know more about some of the stories especially The Fall of Gondolin Which apparently is in The Children of Hurin. I have started to read it but am still reading the forwards. I found the other books to be choppy, & full of interruptions in the form of ... ... And despite my resolution to not get any more new books until I'd whittled down my TBR pile a little, I just had to order Children of Hurin 'cause it just sounds too good to put off any longer!
I loved the Sarantium Mosaic books, they are both excellent. Kay truly is an amazing writer. I ... ... 290
The British version is just called Temeraire, and it's one that I'd like to be reading, but I want to get through Children of Hurin first, which I'm just about to start this evening. Well, right now I'm finishing upTehanu but I will immediately start readingChildren of Hurin which I got this afternoon. Has anyone else started reading it yet? The Children of Hurin by J. R. R. Tolkien arrived from the UK today. I decided I wanted the UK edition instead of the US one. ... at Yahoo. We just recently finished a group read of Unfinished Tales and are thinking about a group read and discussion of Children of Hurin once we all have copies of our own. Also the Council of Elrond Website has some fairly active discussions boards for both the books and movies. ... etc... related to, just the sheer amount of information and history contained within was enough to keep me happy.
Children of Hurin seems - from the outside - to be an accessible slice of Middle-Earth history.
EDIT: The touchstones are playing me up today... I went to Barnes and Noble today to drool over books. Looked long and hard at Children of Hurin and the Alexander McCall Smith new paperback and hardback. Sigh, put them down, wandered over to lovingly handle the boxed hardcover reprint of the original LOTR trilogy and run my eyes over all ... ... reading Transmetropolitan though, 'cos I haven't bought it yet (but it's on the must-by list).
I'm also not reading Children of Hurin though I really want to... but I have a few other things to get through first. Hee hee, this from the man who admitted that he stayed up until the wee hours this morning finishing off The Children of Hurin...? Hmmm.... ;o)
Hey! :D
Yes, I did do that - I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning.
But I didn't have to. I felt no compulsion. None at all. No Ma' ... ... much any time"
Hee hee, this from the man who admitted that he stayed up until the wee hours this morning finishing off The Children of Hurin...? Hmmm.... ;o)
I sometimes am forced to put down books when I don't want to, and sometimes my eyeballs won't cooperate, but yes, I definitely ... Well, Narn I Chin Hurin , or The Tale of The Children of Hurin was released yesterday. I opted for the 46% discount from Barnes & Noble, slightly better than Borders 40% plus a 10% "personal day".
Must say I am a little disappointed in the physical book, in terms of production or ...
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