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Forum: The Books
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![]() As my old professor of literature used to say, if what is between the lines were so important, books would just be twice as long. smilies/biggrin.gif Seriously, I was talking purely on a literary... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() And once again, Hermann Melville is a victim of automatic censorship. The fear of language knows no bounds. smilies/eek.gif |
Forum: The Books
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![]() Thingol, I think you make very good points about the depiction of evil in Tolkien's books. And I agree with you that he did deal with some mechanism of evil, particularly with temptation and... |
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![]() Sure, I'm delighted. smilies/wink.gif However for me it was never a question of quality, but rather a question of approach. You're right. However, in my case, my using LOTR as an example... |
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![]() That one was really excellent, Lostgaeriel. Keep'em coming! |
Forum: The Books
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![]() It's my turn to respectfully disagree. smilies/wink.gif Tolkien created a world, complete with languages, a complex history, traditions and geography. Middle-earth is infinite, it's only limited... |
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![]() Of course Tolkien was no match for Yeats, but I think his poetry was more than adequate, and sometimes very beautiful. He did write some awkward or even self-indulgent pieces, but focusing on these... |
Forum: The Movies
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Forum: The Books
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![]() It's funny... The first time I read The Lord of the Rings, I imagined the Balrog as man-sized. But since then, my mental image has constantly evolved, and now I'd say that Durin's Bane was at least 3... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() That's right, but Blake lived in the 19th Century, right in the middle of the Industrial Revolution. His mistrust of the changes around him made him a militant. Tolkien adopting the same point of... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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![]() Because if Gandalf had "eyebrows so thick that they stuck out beyond the brim of his hat", they would hide his face! smilies/biggrin.gif |
Forum: The Books
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![]() Not at all. Read it again. What he wrote (and that's the precise point where I agree with him) is: In Jenkyn's eyes (and in mine), Tolkien's writings are not entirely convincing as a... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() I wasn't expecting anybody to agree with Jenkyns, but I thought that more people here would be willing to see his analysis as a point of view worthy of respect, and would try to contradict his... |
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![]() There are quite a lot of similarities between Tolkien and Blake. Both have produced a very singular body of work, very different from what was popular in their own time. Both have tried to build a... |
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Forum: The Books
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![]() Thingol, it was not my intention to attack anybody. If you felt offended, I'm sorry. |
Forum: The Books
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![]() I'm not puzzled by the people who say that they don't agree with him. I'm puzzled by the people who: a) Feel that Tolkien (or any other author) is beyond any criticism. b) Think that literary... |
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![]() I'm a little puzzled by some of the posts in this thread. Richard Jenkyns article was written in reaction to the book "JRR Tolkien: Author of the Century". Claiming that any writer is "the author... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() They don't go to another dimension. They sail to the west, but instead of following a circular path around the globe, they follow a straight way to Valinor, the same way that used to exist when the... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() If your teacher were intelligent and sensitive, she would bring you to the theater first (or at least show you a movie version of the play), to show you how entertaining Shakespeare can be. And then,... |
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The Lord of the Rings by Irvine Welsh (author of...
The Lord of the Rings by Irvine Welsh (author of Trainspotting) - Longbottom Leaf. What does that stuff dae fir ye Bilbo? Gandalf’s voice is genuinely enquiring. And he’s persistent: - Ah want... |
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![]() I don't agree with most of you. I enjoy ripping a novel apart till you see its bare bones, analyzing every nuance and every detail, finding out about the author's intentions and what s-he put in the... |
Forum: The Movies
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![]() I was delighted to read the opinion of J. Michael Straczinski about the movie (in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated), and I thought I would share it with you:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>"Saw it... |
Forum: Quiz Room
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![]() I will probably forget one or two, but I'll try... The Langwell The Greylin The Rhimdath The Ninglor The Celebrant The Limlight The Entwash The Erui |
Forum: The Books
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![]() The image of Gollum biting Frodo's middle finger off has a certain symbolic meaning that I'd rather not spend too much time thinking about. smilies/eek.gif |
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