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Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 11:57 PM
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Posted By Ivriniel
Wait :)

Just when I thought I'd unearthed all the funny bits, I found ANOTHER -



HAHAHAHAHAHA - 'garish spectres' of 'phantom' soorrrrry - belly laughing - of Ungoliantines, (u spelt spectER wrong,...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 11:05 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 227,620
Posted By Ivriniel
*M*A*G*L*O*R* throws the Simaril ...

*M*A*G*L*O*R* throws the Simaril

http://tednasmith.poverellomedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TN-Maglor_Casts_a_Silmaril_into_the_Sea.jpg
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 10:39 PM
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Posted By Ivriniel
Thumbs up :cool: post. Was it you upstream or...

:cool: post.

Was it you upstream or elsewhere where I read the really interesting stuff about Volcanism?

I reckon Balrogs can travel through lava flows, actually. So - after Beleriand...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 08:53 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
The Heuristic

...put a lid on the monolithic assumption that 'first publication' [of The Hobbit] means the same thing as 'first conceived' as a Ring [in the absolutist sense, as NOT BEFORE December of 1937]...
...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 08:47 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
And @Morthorom About my 'blatant' error...

And

@Morthorom

About my 'blatant' error - I'll spell out what it's Ungoliantine-ish (it's only an 'ish' not a full blown Ungoliant as in your processing error) about my -competing-...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 08:18 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
PS, what's a 'latitudinal' argument? I've not...

PS, what's a 'latitudinal' argument? I've not heard the term. It entered the place in my mind where's there's wormhole that just starts my convulsive laughing. I saw, for example, 'lines of...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 08:15 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
My point exactly and makes no difference anyway. ...

My point exactly and makes no difference anyway. The YEARS in between are where I -- sustain -- my position.

Apologies for 31-ing instead of 33-ing.

However--the 'blatant error' is merely...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 07:50 PM
Replies: 154
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Posted By Ivriniel
http://forum.barrowdowns.com/newreply.php?do=newre...

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=703077



Ergo, by your own contrivance, we have a --theoretical-- tool to 'amp up' the 'dumbed down'...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 07:38 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 227,620
Posted By Ivriniel
I had to laugh out loud at this one. It was...

I had to laugh out loud at this one. It was spontaneous and I couldn't stop it once the hilarity of the post struck me.....perhaps, Morothon, it wasn't a ski trip. Perhaps Balrogs enjoyed the...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 04:12 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 18,208
Posted By Ivriniel
from the Post citing Letters Yes, it's...

from the Post citing Letters



Yes, it's interesting that he went more towards 'a ban' position rather than 'incapacity' to create 'new' sentient creatures. (I'm thinking of Dwarves here and...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 04:02 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 18,208
Posted By Ivriniel
Ta Muchly. I just reviewed Letters and I missed...

Ta Muchly. I just reviewed Letters and I missed it. I have not yet bought or read Morgoth's Ring, though I see a lot of citations here referring to it. It looks like a really interesting Tome.
...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 03:41 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 18,208
Posted By Ivriniel
I love your materials Mith, they're always...

I love your materials Mith, they're always really strong, but there's always something thoughtful in them. For this one, I had not seen Tolkien's actual 'real life' position on sentience,...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 02:19 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
And this for Morgothrond before I post the 'next...

And this for Morgothrond before I post the 'next bit' about Longintidinal de-The Hobbit-isation-of-the*r*-ing (ie Bilbo bearing the 'R'ing, not 'r'ing) hypothesi.....erbole.



Really?

...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 06:38 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
Galadriel, this is what you state is the case,...

Galadriel, this is what you state is the case, even as late at the subsequent 6 items, headed upstream. You also seem to have dismissed, misprocessed or fused information I put down about dates for...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 06:35 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
8. Silmarillion Materials, Numenor, SA Concepts...

8. Silmarillion Materials, Numenor, SA Concepts and Analysis

While I am researching entry 7 above, I've got the conjoined research about The Silmarillion at hand.

The Lays of Beleriand provide...
Forum: The Books 12-05-2015, 03:50 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 9,882
Posted By Ivriniel
I have never been able to be precise and...

I have never been able to be precise and prescriptive about Tolkien's ideas about the nature of evil. I can get at it by 'vibe', as apparent in Nazgul-ian screeching, Ungoliant's Unlight and how it...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 05:47 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
Some Information about The Seven Fathers

7. The Seven Fathers ( timing of 'numbering' non-accidental :) ) and Comments about Dates: When did Tolkien First Transcribe Materials about Azanulbizar

I've reserved a special place for that...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 05:38 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
This is quite untrue, and not at all refutation...

This is quite untrue, and not at all refutation or contra-indication of the various points put about dates. I see only a summation post in elaborate well structured vocabulary, that yet does not...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 05:34 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
UT The Quest for Erebor

6. The Quest for Erebor

I've highlighted this entry, separately because it reveals somewhat of Tolkien's thinking and imaginary motivation that he bore upon writing LotR, after the Hobbit was...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 06:40 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
Galardriel, not too bad tonight. Have a ...

Galardriel, not too bad tonight.

Have a look at some of the comments said about me -- apparently --being a troll. (would you really like me to find the URL's? was it morgaron? I honestly DON"T...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 06:36 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
I have some specific questions for Morthoron ...

I have some specific questions for Morthoron

1. Were you aware that the Hobbit had a pre-1937/8 variant as evidenced by CS Lewis's letter?
2. Were you aware about the state of the Lay of...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 01:27 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
The information is incomplete. I have a social...

The information is incomplete. I have a social life and have to head out. I'll be back. There are quite a number of additional materials bearing upon my thinking in relation to the 'what' Tolkien...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 01:05 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
Findings

1.Precursor Short Comment on Context for an 'Overall' Statement about the Mythology

From the book, Master of Middle Earth, authored by Paul Kocher.


and



Context materials are for the...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 12:19 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
First up Morgathonron, I've got about 300...

First up Morgathonron,

I've got about 300 posts here. Anyone who's read any of them, knows very well, that I so very seldom --care--to ground an argument in a specific date, or particularly...
Forum: The Books 12-04-2015, 12:03 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 100,820
Posted By Ivriniel
White-Hand I'm starting here. A prefix post. This 'poor...

I'm starting here. A prefix post.

This 'poor sod', is so very 'sodden' about the 'sod' who would need to use the word 'sod' to make a rather 'sodden story' about

misprocessing posts.

Of...
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