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Forum: The Books
04-04-2023, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 74,705
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Bęthberry
How could we have overlooked this one?
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How could we have overlooked this one? Tolkien did not invent the name Inklings but he described it as a pun, Letter 298, p. 388 in Carpenter's Letters. |
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Forum: The Books
04-03-2023, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 74,705
Posted By
Bęthberry
This could become addictive
I wouldn't have thought Celeborn capable of puns, but ... (Book 2, chapter 8, "Farewell to Lorien") |
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Forum: The Books
04-02-2023, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 74,705
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Bęthberry
Tolkien's quite modest description of himself,...
Tolkien's quite modest description of himself, among the probably better known phrase, "I am a Hobbit (in all but size)" in Letter #213. A simple sense of humour quite obviously would include... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-21-2023, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 46,170
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Bęthberry
Well, there was the "My Little Pony" RPG that...
Well, there was the "My Little Pony" RPG that involved Downers but it didn't take place here, so perhaps the less said of that the better. I believe, though, we had Mithadan to handle the fall out.... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-20-2022, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 23,834
Posted By
Bęthberry
I'm not so much necessarily interested in what is...
I'm not so much necessarily interested in what is canon as in the ways that Tolkien used hair symbolically, not as individual or idiosyncratic adornment, but to tap into cultural or social or class... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-19-2022, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 23,834
Posted By
Bęthberry
Funny how music can both age us and unite us.
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Funny how music can both age us and unite us. Shaking my head loose from the earworm, I should add some more historical precedent. First, the gentlemen of the 18th century with their... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-19-2022, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 23,834
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Bęthberry
I am afraid I seem to have developed an earworm. ...
I am afraid I seem to have developed an earworm. I return you now to your regular Tolkien channel. :D |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
10-23-2022, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,751
Posted By
Bęthberry
I know it will be some time yet but I look...
I know it will be some time yet but I look forward to seeing her first attempts on the keyboard. I have to be very vigilant when typing because my cat really wants to express her opinion about... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-22-2022, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,548
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Bęthberry
Not that this redeems the scene in any way, but I...
Not that this redeems the scene in any way, but I have walked in a hot volcano field, about three miles away from the volcano cone, which was not erupting with fizzy fireworks. There were gurgling... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-22-2022, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 23,969
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Bęthberry
I've actually seen some young'uns say they've...
I've actually seen some young'uns say they've never seen the PJ movies. I would guess this adaptation is for them, but I'm not sure how common that lack of experience is. |
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Forum: The Books
10-21-2022, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 47,198
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Bęthberry
Michael Drout posted a photo on FB yesterday, but...
Michael Drout posted a photo on FB yesterday, but I no longer have the photobucket account to let me post it here so I used the TG link. Drout didn't say they were shipping, just that the regular vol... |
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Forum: The Books
10-20-2022, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 47,198
Posted By
Bęthberry
Sneak peak of cover can be found here:
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Sneak peak of cover can be found here: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien_Studies:_Volume_19_Supplement |
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Forum: The Movies
10-18-2022, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,915
Posted By
Bęthberry
Oh, I'm sorry that what I thought was a joking...
Oh, I'm sorry that what I thought was a joking comment is misleading; I mean it as a joke at my expense because of how I have tried to address overwhelming complaints about the series, complaints so... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-16-2022, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,915
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Bęthberry
How would you have written The Rings of Power?Okay, we have now seen all the episodes (those who continued watching) of the first year of Amazon's Rings of Power. Some of us are greatly dissatisfied. Some of us are more willing to cut the... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-15-2022, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 13,854
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Bęthberry
I'm going to post this comment on Lommy's thread...
I'm going to post this comment on Lommy's thread even though the topic does not include music. But I think this comment nonetheless fits with the qualities that Lommy was finding valuable. It... |
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Forum: The Books
10-13-2022, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,699
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Bęthberry
I am very late to reply here and for that I...
I am very late to reply here and for that I apologise. Events beyond the barrow and outside Middle-earth have limited my ability to write a thoughtful response. It is very difficult to define... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
10-04-2022, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,751
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Bęthberry
Congratulations to you, Legate and Lommie. And I...
Congratulations to you, Legate and Lommie. And I believe congratulations are also in order to a certain Downer on gaining Gaffer status, Nogrod. :cool: |
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Forum: The Movies
09-26-2022, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 13,854
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Bęthberry
I have wanted to reply to this but RL is not...
I have wanted to reply to this but RL is not giving me much time for thoughtful posts. First of all--and this is not related to visuals--what I especially like about RoP is the depiction of... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-21-2022, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,727
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Bęthberry
Can Fritz Lang be improved upon? And never mind...
Can Fritz Lang be improved upon? And never mind Wagner, could Tolkien have seen Lang's movie? |
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Forum: The Books
09-20-2022, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,699
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Bęthberry
I wasn't thinking of the anachronisms, Morthoron,...
I wasn't thinking of the anachronisms, Morthoron, when I posted this thread, so thanks for bringing them up. What could be their purpose? The Shire definitely is a parochial pastoral fabular... |
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Forum: The Books
09-20-2022, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,699
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Bęthberry
Garth's Tolkien and the Great War is very much...
Garth's Tolkien and the Great War is very much worthy of a read, Boro. It is both history and biography and adds substantially to Humphrey Carpenter's biography. It is less a history of WWI and much... |
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Forum: The Books
09-18-2022, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,699
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Bęthberry
Twentieth Century TolkienThis thread is brought to you courtesy of the following two comments from Boro and Lal And I think it will be interesting to see where these two comments lead us. Have at it! |
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Forum: The Movies
09-16-2022, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 23,955
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Bęthberry
Good point, Boro. I've done some sleuthing to see...
Good point, Boro. I've done some sleuthing to see which films and film-makers Jackson has said influenced him. First of all, the animator Ray Harryhausen. Films: 1958 Dracula Jason and the... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-16-2022, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 23,955
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Bęthberry
I posted this on Huinesoron's thread on the first...
I posted this on Huinesoron's thread on the first episode but that thread likely will be falling by the wayside as new episodes appear, so perhaps this comparison might more fruitfully be posted here... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
09-15-2022, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 26,738
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Bęthberry
Perhaps another bone to add to the cauldron of...Perhaps another bone to add to the cauldron of story. Fanfic is written by lay readers. Adaptations are written by professional writers. Each could have different purposes. |
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