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Forum: The Books
09-20-2021, 03:30 AM
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Huinesoron
Help, someone can't count.
In NoME 1.XIII,...
Help, someone can't count. In NoME 1.XIII, "Key Dates", Text 1 is Tolkien's final timeline of the Awakening to the March. It matches up nicely with his final Generational Scheme (1.XVII, scheme... |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2021, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 61
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Huinesoron
What the heck am I thinking of, then?? I know...
What the heck am I thinking of, then?? I know there's SOME term that means Caliquendi+Sindar, but I can't for the life of me remember what if it's not either High Elves or Eldar. hS |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2021, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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But not High Elves, surely. I thought that was...
But not High Elves, surely. I thought that was only the Valinoreans and Sindar? Precisely who is Eldar depends on who is speaking... :D hS |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2021, 03:16 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
NOME 3.II "The Primal Impulse" is something of a...
NOME 3.II "The Primal Impulse" is something of a delight. As a chemist I'm delighted to see Tolkien's thoughts on, essentially, the Big Bang and the philosophy of matter, but as always, the best... |
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2021, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
It is, of course - genus Nicotiana...
It is, of course - genus Nicotiana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana) is in the family Solanaceae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanaceae), AKA the nightshades. It isn't a Solanum... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2021, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Excellent; at least that (unfortunately early)...
Excellent; at least that (unfortunately early) source is conclusive! (I wonder if there's "divine wheat" in some Norse myth or something? Scandinavia apparently... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2021, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Timeline time!
- HoME XII, "Of Lembas" -...
Timeline time! - HoME XII, "Of Lembas" - fine handwritten manuscript; late 1950s, as you say. The grain is named as "corn", and described as having "great golden ears" and "white haulm", which... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2021, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Disagree. Not on the second, but the first. :)...
Disagree. Not on the second, but the first. :) Tolkien specifically refers to it (3:IV, Text 2) as "Western Corn", and the text comes well after the apparent decision regarding the 'end of "physical"... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2021, 03:47 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Someone's going to have to try and figure out the...
Someone's going to have to try and figure out the order of the generational schemes and timelines, if we want to know Tolkien's final position. I think they're all listed as 'ca. 1959'. Tolkien... |
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Forum: The Books
09-05-2021, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Also Finellach in another text, ca. 1965 (Of the...
Also Finellach in another text, ca. 1965 (Of the Lands and Beasts of Numenor), though apparently this was already in HoME XII. I'd interpret Finwain as Young Finwe. There's so much in here! The... |
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Forum: The Books
09-04-2021, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Swiped the last copy in the bookshop today and...
Swiped the last copy in the bookshop today and I'm, uh, already halfway through. :D There's a LOT in there. Are we .. does the Downs do spoiler warnings or anything? I guess it's been a long time... |
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Forum: The Books
08-06-2021, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
I've uploaded an image of the contents list...
I've uploaded an image of the contents list (https://imgur.com/qdRQow4), in case Google Books mucks anyone else around. Some more intriguing ones: -Parts of the 'Generational Schemes' are visible... |
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Forum: The Books
08-05-2021, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Weirdly, it initially showed me the full contents...
Weirdly, it initially showed me the full contents list, but has now trimmed it down to the first page... ANYWAY, the most intriguing looking ones were things like "Descriptions of Characters",... |
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Forum: The Books
08-05-2021, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
So what is that site? Because it doesn't seem to...
So what is that site? Because it doesn't seem to be connected to Harper Collins, and the preview is... pretty extensive. Which is cool, but... there's a month still before the book comes out, why can... |
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Forum: The Books
08-04-2021, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Saw this a little while back and have just spent...
Saw this a little while back and have just spent 20 minutes hunting it back down: an interview with Hostetter... |
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Forum: The Books
12-30-2020, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
The news articles I've seen sort of imply it's a...
The news articles I've seen sort of imply it's a "History of the Unfinished Tales; my memory is that most of UT wasn't covered in HoME, so that certainly makes sense. hS |
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Forum: The Books
06-24-2020, 03:05 AM
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Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2020, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Oooooooh...
Can you share any more details...
Oooooooh... Can you share any more details on that? The title is intriguing, but could mean a lot of things. :) hS |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2020, 02:00 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,377
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Huinesoron
Ooooooooh....
Per this description...
Ooooooooh.... Per this description (https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2020/06/23/108207-the-nature-of-middle-earth-new-book-with-tolkiens-unpublished-writings/), the "several texts detailing the... |
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