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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
01-02-2022, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 4,620
Views: 1,334,963
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Fordim Hedgethistle
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Forum: The Books
01-02-2022, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 24,427
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Not quite -- I was still listed on the dept...
Not quite -- I was still listed on the dept website as a mere grad student, but by the time of the first go-round with this I was a fully fledged PhD in me own rights. Call the original thread a... |
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Forum: The Books
01-02-2022, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 24,427
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
12-14-2020, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 4,197
Views: 1,279,018
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Fordim Hedgethistle
*whew*
Far from new but it feels like a fresh start -- I could not remember my password for the Downs and could not find it saved on either of my computers! For several days I was entirely locked from my... |
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Forum: The Books
08-21-2020, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 20,778
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Fordim Hedgethistle
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
07-02-2020, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 103
Views: 62,853
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Fordim Hedgethistle
A dim figure, small and unobtrusive, cloaked so...
A dim figure, small and unobtrusive, cloaked so close about that he was hardly visible, sate in the corner quietly sipping a fine mug of ale. Pulling the pipe from his mouth and blowing out a... |
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Forum: The Books
01-12-2017, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 45,101
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Fordim Hedgethistle
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Forum: The Books
11-01-2016, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 27,913
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Cause you asked for it
The final 1,078,564 words (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=10593)on the subject. |
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Forum: The Books
10-28-2016, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 13,904
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Fordim Hedgethistle
I need a snack
I've always seen evil in Middle-Earth not as a presence (the Manichean heresy) but as absence (nicely orthodox of me and fitting for our very religiously conservative professor): in particular, as an... |
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Forum: The Books
10-28-2016, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,410
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Fordim Hedgethistle
So why the big secret?
Well, having considered the matter I tend to subscribe to a new, combination theory I suppose -- that it was originally #3 (a fragmentary 'mistake' by the author as a result of many drafts and... |
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Forum: The Books
10-26-2016, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,410
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Fordim Hedgethistle
A tidbit
A quick review of the relevant thread from the CBC forum finds this post: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=347496&postcount=8 In which Davem (who else?!) throws some potentially... |
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Forum: The Books
10-26-2016, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,410
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Gandalf....fortune teller??
Quick Query About Something I Have Wondered About For Years: In Gandalf's letter to Frodo in the chapter "Strider" (you all know it: the letter that Barliman neglects to deliver), Gandalf adds the... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-23-2016, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 4,620
Views: 1,334,963
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Fordim Hedgethistle
I'm actually around the Forums quite a bit -- I...
I'm actually around the Forums quite a bit -- I just don't post anymore, being much more content to read and think. |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-22-2016, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 4,620
Views: 1,334,963
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Thank you for the good wishes, they make me feel...
Thank you for the good wishes, they make me feel fifty years younger! |
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Forum: The Books
02-09-2016, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,382
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Fordim Hedgethistle
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Forum: The Books
02-02-2016, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,382
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Fordim Hedgethistle
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Forum: The Books
07-07-2014, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 28,551
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Depressing idea
I think the truly sad answer to the question is that to the minds of many (Tolkien and myself included) Sauron did win and is now very much in the process of laying waste to the Earth in the pursuit... |
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Forum: The Books
01-09-2014, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 159
Views: 84,157
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Bilbo's greatest moment
The only thing that matters to Bilbo is trying to find a way to prevent all-out war and he's willing to betray his friends and give up all hope of treasure if that means he can stop the killing. He's... |
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Forum: The Books
10-22-2013, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 22,274
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Fordim Hedgethistle
What the Professor says
"It is not difficult to imagine the peculiar excitement and joy that one would feel, if any specially beautiful fairy-story were found to be “primarily” true, its narrative to be history, without... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-21-2013, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 283
Views: 156,110
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Then see it in Spanish: El Hobito. "Donde esta...
Then see it in Spanish: El Hobito. "Donde esta Smauga? Aqui? EEEEEYAAAAA, vamanos Thorino!" |
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Forum: The Movies
10-17-2013, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 283
Views: 156,110
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Fordim Hedgethistle
I still say it was a fun movie. And the new one...
I still say it was a fun movie. And the new one looks fun too. It ain't The Hobbit, but it looks fun nonetheless. Somebody pass me the popcorn. |
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Forum: The Books
07-09-2013, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,976
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Saruman the fool
It really just shows how foolish Saruman has become: in his reckoning, the loss of power in Middle Earth that Galadriel and the Elves now face is terrible; for a long time (until she was tested by... |
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Forum: The Movies
01-20-2013, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 283
Views: 156,110
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Yeah: what Phillip Said
I could write a lengthy review or simply post this link -- the best review I've read of the film (written, incidentally, by one of the best writers of YA fantasy). ... |
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Forum: The Movies
01-19-2013, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 130
Views: 97,310
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Fordim Hedgethistle
Hell, I liked it
I saw the film over the hols and thoroughly enjoyed it -- sure, it wasn't the book, but I wasn't expecting it to be. I was very pleasantly surprised to see how much of the 'added' material was... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-22-2010, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 15,380
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