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Forum: The Barrow-Downs 09-12-2024, 09:59 PM |
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Bęthberry
Happy birthday red, where ever you are.
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Happy birthday red, where ever you are. Happy birthday as well to Legolas. |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-04-2024, 09:36 PM |
Replies: 4
Views: 1,626
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Bęthberry
I used to think that the chapter "The Scouring of...
I used to think that the chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" referred to the ransacking of it by Sharkey and his ruffians and minions. However, thinking more about the chapter, and particularly its... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 08-30-2024, 01:38 PM |
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Eowyn, where's yer trowsers
If we move out of book territory into other media, I nominate Frank Frazetta for his gross depictions of Eowyn not dressed in disguise as a man that moved the fantasy way outside Tolkien territory. ... |
Forum: The Books 05-30-2024, 06:28 AM |
Replies: 11
Views: 2,325
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Bęthberry
Let us not forget that Bilbo is prone to thievery...
Let us not forget that Bilbo is prone to thievery too. |
Forum: The Books 05-30-2024, 06:27 AM |
Replies: 11
Views: 2,325
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This online archive of the Dr. Seuss collection...
This online archive of the Dr. Seuss collection mentions Seuss's 1925/26 Oxford University Notebook.... |
Forum: The Books 04-24-2024, 01:03 PM |
Replies: 12
Views: 16,954
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Bęthberry
There is an alternate timeline out there...
There is an alternate timeline out there somewhere where Tolkien's "New Hobbit" consisted entirely of Bilbo's journey home, and I kind of wish we'd gotten to read it. hS[/QUOTE] In the olden... |
Forum: The Books 04-22-2024, 07:13 AM |
Replies: 7
Views: 19,628
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Bęthberry
I'm not sure what has to be moved off my wallet...
I'm not sure what has to be moved off my wallet to make space for it. |
Forum: The Books 04-21-2024, 02:09 PM |
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Forum: The Books 04-20-2024, 11:07 PM |
Replies: 12
Views: 16,954
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Bęthberry
Great questions, hS.
It is possible...
Great questions, hS. It is possible that Tolkien, philologist that he was, wasn't thinking of our modern usage of prison cell, but of the original Anglo Saxon or Middle English meanings, such... |
Forum: The Books 03-24-2024, 09:31 PM |
Replies: 2
Views: 2,088
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Bęthberry
Tolkien Reading Day 2024
March 25th is the day the Ring was destroyed. To commemorate that fateful day, the Tolkien Society has established March 25th as Tolkien Reading Day, a time to gather with friends to read favourite... |
Forum: The Books 03-14-2024, 02:30 AM |
Replies: 7
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Bęthberry
I misspoke (miswrote?). It is not "complete...
I misspoke (miswrote?). It is not "complete poems" but "collected poems. Here is what Hammond and Scull have written about it, perhaps to answer some of your questions:... |
Forum: The Books 03-13-2024, 02:51 PM |
Replies: 7
Views: 19,628
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Bęthberry
New Tolkien book coming in September
Some of you might have seen this announced in other Tolkien fora and sites but it is worth posting about it here. Yes, a complete edition of Tolkien's poetry, including several poems not previously... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 02-26-2024, 09:27 PM |
Replies: 4,557
Views: 1,090,580
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Bęthberry
in pints
Sorry I missed your mathom day, Morth, but I hope this next trip 'round the sun got off to a fine start. |
Forum: The Books 01-24-2024, 06:17 PM |
Replies: 30
Views: 27,869
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Bęthberry
Well, I'm back. And have the NuLetters in hand....
Well, I'm back. And have the NuLetters in hand. (I like that spelling very much, thanks hS In rereading the comments here, I find it striking that the initial and possibly major points made... |
Forum: The Movies 01-18-2024, 02:08 PM |
Replies: 5
Views: 29,676
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Bęthberry
Running Rings around Tolkien
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2024/01/18/117354-spy-report-suggests-an-unhinged-season-2-of-the-rings-of-power/ |
Forum: The Books 01-17-2024, 11:40 PM |
Replies: 30
Views: 27,869
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Bęthberry
I've been waiting to reply until I receive the...
I've been waiting to reply until I receive the "Nuletters" (a Christmas gift ordered that apparently has not yet been delivered) so I thank Huinesoron for responding after reading the letter. I... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 01-04-2024, 10:42 PM |
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Views: 2,493
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Bęthberry
Call for participants in a Tolkien research project
This PhD research survey is being run by Rev. Tom Emanuel, who is a PhD candidate in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow. His phd is funded by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities... |
Forum: The Movies 12-11-2023, 01:57 PM |
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Bęthberry
Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's likely opinion. This...
Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's likely opinion. This was Christopher's (as quoted in a 2022 Screen Rant article). I would add to Morth's rant the depiction of Aragorn, full of modernish angst and not... |
Forum: The Books 12-09-2023, 02:39 PM |
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Views: 27,869
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-09-2023, 10:04 AM |
Replies: 39
Views: 22,705
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Bęthberry
I would rep you for your speedy and heroic...
I would rep you for your speedy and heroic efforts, Mithadan, but I am told that I have to spread the rep around to others before I can do so. I was able to rep Estelyn and mormegil. |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-08-2023, 09:23 PM |
Replies: 504
Views: 157,891
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Bęthberry
I'm very late to see this. Almien! William Cloud...
I'm very late to see this. Almien! William Cloud Hicklin |
Forum: The Books 12-08-2023, 06:37 PM |
Replies: 30
Views: 27,869
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Bęthberry
ruminations on some of the new letters
http://https://menelrond.blogspot.com/2023/11/tolkien-and-physical-economy-of-post.html?fbclid=IwAR2lXhXvrX6o2a-L3Jt9KgnrrZMwBIpv-z0a34onU-bgLtgMUPLV7f5pMJA... |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 12-08-2023, 06:30 PM |
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Views: 10,685
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Bęthberry
Does a parody of Beowulf count as Middle-earth Mirth?
http://https://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/2023/11/beowulf-true-story.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3prJadGF_upVGzM5TAnBPhoyk8IjUHGgEHbbfQHlkRl_IFivX44CCl1t4... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 12-08-2023, 06:21 PM |
Replies: 9
Views: 9,815
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Bęthberry
A recent attack of faux ent-wives spam was...
A recent attack of faux ent-wives spam was vigorously and quickly beaten back, so we are not as "tree-ish" as it would appear. |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-25-2023, 02:26 PM |
Replies: 2
Views: 3,961
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Bęthberry
Tolkien imbibed here
Not a site of the forum, but certainly a place that many Downers had frequented in the past, before it was closed, in memory of Tolkien's days there. An announcement that the Bird and Baby will... |
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