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Forum: The Books 08-28-2006, 10:37 AM
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Posted By HerenIstarion
SpM, you may have a point there too, and maybe...

SpM, you may have a point there too, and maybe I'm indeed overreacting, but 'literary lectures' analogy is also taking it a bit too far. Besides, I do not think that Mr.Pullman is paid for his...
Forum: The Books 08-25-2006, 02:19 PM
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Posted By HerenIstarion
It's not in the head, it's in the heart

Verily so, and it would have been all just right and proper, if Mr.Pullman just contented himself with mere statement of dislike. After all, it's again just right and proper to like/dislike any piece...
Forum: The Books 08-18-2006, 02:54 AM
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Posted By HerenIstarion
It seems to me (I'm forced to use this opening...

It seems to me (I'm forced to use this opening sentence a lot in this thread, now ain't I?) that there is no contradiction - it may be said so that LoTR has no inner message as it is a story and in...
Forum: The Books 08-17-2006, 06:14 AM
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Posted By HerenIstarion
Another key-phrase from that lecture by Pullman....

Another key-phrase from that lecture by Pullman. Denethor and his guards' loyalty, and dead key-warden come to mind, though.



I can't help recalling the story I've read some years back (though...
Forum: The Books 08-17-2006, 04:51 AM
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Posted By HerenIstarion
It seems to me that even in that conflict,...

It seems to me that even in that conflict, ultimate hope of both Elves and Men and even Dwarves is to the future - the making of Last Music and singing in the Last Choir. As seen from the perspective...
Forum: The Books 07-26-2006, 02:51 AM
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Posted By HerenIstarion
briefly

No, I don't think it is that delibarate or conscious.

[I believe] 'Tolkien vs Shakespeare' is not that much open dislike but rather a regret - 'The Great who surely could, and could well,...
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