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Cúdae · 01-01-2003, 07:10 PM

If I could ask him one thing I'd ask, "How in the name of the world did you come back from the dead?" And then I'd tell him he looked great for a dead guy. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

But if the question had to be related to his works, I'd ask one of two questions: 1)Was the original intent to entertain? 2)What was in the house where you stopped writing the Return of the Shadow?

If it had to be a serious question not involving his miraculous return to life, I'd ask him one of three questions: 1)How do you feel about how the world has become in the relatively short time since your death? 2)How do you feel about what the fantasy genre has become since you wrote the Lord of the Rings? 3)What drove you to write so much in such a detailed way? (Mainly because I want to compare and contrast my own driving force to his- if he had one, which I'm sure he did.)

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01-01-2003, 07:10 PM	#30
Cúdae Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 160	If I could ask him one thing I'd ask, "How in the name of the world did you come back from the dead?" And then I'd tell him he looked great for a dead guy. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] But if the question had to be related to his works, I'd ask one of two questions: 1)Was the original intent to entertain? 2)What was in the house where you stopped writing the Return of the Shadow? If it had to be a serious question not involving his miraculous return to life, I'd ask him one of three questions: 1)How do you feel about how the world has become in the relatively short time since your death? 2)How do you feel about what the fantasy genre has become since you wrote the Lord of the Rings? 3)What drove you to write so much in such a detailed way? (Mainly because I want to compare and contrast my own driving force to his- if he had one, which I'm sure he did.) [ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: Cúdae ] __________________ "And if you listen very hard/ The tune will come to you at last/ When all are one and one is all/ To be a rock and not to roll." --Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"