XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: dthierbach@usenet.arcornews.de   
      
   Joanne Corsano  wrote:   
   > Although I have read LotR and The Hobbit dozens of times and I started   
   > a Tolkien club when I was in high school in the '70s, my level of   
   > expertise and knowledge of the books is so much less than that of many   
   > of the regular posters that I usually only read and admire, rather   
   > than contribute.   
      
   For me, the more interesting moments on this NG happened when someone   
   pointed out that one could read or interpret Tolkien's work in a way   
   different from the way I had usually done it. And of course the odd bits   
   and pieces one learns during a discussion, even if it goes off-topic.   
      
   So I think what counts (at least for me) is perspective, not   
   expertise. So don't be afraid to contribute something, if you think   
   it might be interesting for somebody else :-)   
      
   > (Did someone mention the abomination of yahoo groups? I give those   
   > the prize for the most unnavigable boards on the internet.)   
      
   Yes, I fully agree. For some reason they also made the HTML so   
   difficult and non-standard that I frequently have problems with my   
   (non-standard) browser.   
      
   - Dirk   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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