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Forum: The Books
06-09-2007, 08:43 AM
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Forum: The Books
06-08-2007, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 323
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Of all this I can but finally concede that unless...
Of all this I can but finally concede that unless some genius does arise who can put on paper a vision of Middle-earth beautiful enough that the Tolkien estate, as well as the majority of its... |
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Forum: The Books
06-08-2007, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 32
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Morwen, I didn't say that JRRT meant his...
Morwen, I didn't say that JRRT meant his mythology to replace others. Personally, I consider all mythologies to be equally fictitious, but JRRT had at least one that he considered "truthful". :) ... |
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Forum: The Books
06-08-2007, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 323
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Oh, and davem, your continued insistence that M-e...
Oh, and davem, your continued insistence that M-e only exists in the works of JRRT is fine, but it's an opinion. Every reader, indeed everyone who has had any connection to the stories, even by rumor... |
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Forum: The Books
06-08-2007, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 323
Views: 61,028
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If you will forgive me for staying slightly off...
If you will forgive me for staying slightly off topic in this manner... A) My point here is that, as an objection to new M-e fiction, merely acknowledging that JRRT had a unique voice, etc. does... |
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Forum: The Books
06-07-2007, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 61,028
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Again, the assumptions are being made that A) no...
Again, the assumptions are being made that A) no one could understand M-e in the intimate way JRRT did (never mind that it is a flawed universe that Tolkien himself never finished); B) that no one... |
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Forum: The Books
06-06-2007, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 61,028
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Well, whatever I say seems to be passed off as...
Well, whatever I say seems to be passed off as overly optimistic, and that I'll concede. But simply defining Middle-earth as belonging only to JRRT forever is moot, since he's dead. One can define... |
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Forum: The Books
06-05-2007, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 61,028
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Davem, you have come closest to the truth in...
Davem, you have come closest to the truth in saying that no one could see M-e as JRRT did, and the fact that it was never a finished model to work from cements that; but 'filling in the gaps' or... |
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Forum: The Books
06-04-2007, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 32
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Good catch. I'm stretching. It's well-founded, I...
Good catch. I'm stretching. It's well-founded, I think, that he was trying to build a mythos for the British Isles, but certainly did not want it to be taken as an authoritative history like the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-04-2007, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 51
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I meant that the Valar are arguably naive by...I meant that the Valar are arguably naive by design, and seem to miss much that Elves or humans would be suspicious about. The Noldor building arms and armor for war in Valinor would be... |
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Forum: The Books
06-04-2007, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 61,028
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Davem, I understand your belief in the importance...
Davem, I understand your belief in the importance of keeping Tolkien's work distinct from that which might be done in his name; no one here wants to see Disney's The Hobbit II. But Tolkien's world is... |
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Forum: The Books
06-04-2007, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 7
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I'm right in the middle of Morgoth's Ring, so I'd...
I'm right in the middle of Morgoth's Ring, so I'd say Miriel's death in Valinor, for one. It caused not only a big hullaballoo amongst the Valar, but forced JRRT to outline the rules for death and... |
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Forum: The Books
06-04-2007, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 10,177
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No, Morwen, it was swords, specifically, but it's...
No, Morwen, it was swords, specifically, but it's been answered both ways. My problem wasn't that they are there at all, but that they appeared as soon as needed, and swords are a very specialized... |
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Forum: The Books
06-03-2007, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 10,177
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Yes, thanks for the reminder about Melkor in...
Yes, thanks for the reminder about Melkor in between the Chaining and the death of the Trees. It shows that he must have been contemplating how best to have Elves kill each other beforehand, because... |
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Forum: The Books
06-01-2007, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 10,177
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HerenIstarion, although those passages don't...
HerenIstarion, although those passages don't explicitly speak of trains or steam-driven vehicles in general, the undoubted mention of Numenorian airplanes hit me like a brick when I first read it. It... |
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Forum: The Books
06-01-2007, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 10,177
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Swords?This isn't a modern invention by any means, but it has, in my opinion, an origin in Ea that's pretty illogical. Presumably first invented by the Valar and given to the Eldar or thought up by the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-01-2007, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 22
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Gollum Saves the World!
If anything, I think the Legendarium is an exercise in the idea that evil basically cannot be stopped until the very end, as is implied in the Ainulindale. No matter how far out in the Void Melkor is... |
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Forum: The Books
06-01-2007, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,225
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Considering Melkor's possible 'tweaking' of Elves...Considering Melkor's possible 'tweaking' of Elves to make orcs and Saruman's further magical Uruk Hai, it seems that a gradual Lamarckian shortening of the Hobbits by hole-building is probably the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2007, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,225
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It's exactly this dichotomy that a request by the...
It's exactly this dichotomy that a request by the Valar would diffuse. And such a request would not be just an "afterthought". Beren and Luthien, anyone? On the contrary, having Hobbits just 'pop up'... |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2007, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,225
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Ah, but Morwen, I still don't think you quite see...
Ah, but Morwen, I still don't think you quite see how having Hobbits arise as a new race equally considered Children of Iluvatar would be too important not to be mentioned in the Ainulindale. And... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-30-2007, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 4,191
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Hi, I'm the newest thing, but not the youngest. ...
Hi, I'm the newest thing, but not the youngest. :p I loves me some Tolkien, but apparently don't hold him as the unassailable Valar most of you seem to. Maybe I get that from his overly... |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2007, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,225
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Very good points, Morwen. Your Silm quote does...
Very good points, Morwen. Your Silm quote does show, however, that the Hobbits can be created as the Dwarves were; half-alive, as it were, although the character of them in LotR surely belies any... |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2007, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 51
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Interesting subject, and a passage I'm sure I...
Interesting subject, and a passage I'm sure I passed over without much thought in my first readings. I see the "express train" as translatory license spoken of above. Unfortunately, in the Shire,... |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2007, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,225
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I share Child's view with respect to the canon....
I share Child's view with respect to the canon. JRRT purposefully left many origins obscure because the histories were written by Elves and Men (and Hobbits) who were never shown all the facts, and... |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2007, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 61,028
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Many here read much into JRRT's letters that is...
Many here read much into JRRT's letters that is certainly seriously meant, but I think the majority is overlooking a foundation of his work. Tolkien did not write the Legendarium as a man eager to... |
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