Lord of the Rings as written by other authors - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Might · 01-04-2010, 07:07 PM

Just found a funny page on this topic, check it out here: http://www.astro.umd.edu/~pierce/lotrbyothers.html

Of course, if anyone has an idea of how another writer would write it, it would great to read some.

Laurinquë · 01-05-2010, 03:32 AM

I the ones by Mark Twain and Douglas Adams are my favourite.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Twain?

Persons attempting to resolve the question of Balrog wings by means of this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to define the nature of Tom Bombadil will be banished; persons attempting to find allegory in it will be shot.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR

Like that would have stopped anyone. If this were a rule on the Barrow-Downs many would experience a painful second death.

Andsigil · 01-05-2010, 04:30 AM

Dashiell Hammett would be a good choice to parody. He's one of my favorites.

Mithalwen · 01-05-2010, 06:34 AM

There was a thread here with parodies on I think.... I haven't found it yet but I remember it was good...

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-05-2010, 06:38 AM

There's a nice long thread with lots of contributions by various Downers here: If LotR had been written by someone else

That thread has traditionally been located on the Books forum for so long that it has not been moved to Mirth. For those who would prefer to post here, I will leave this thread open for now.

If you would like to contribute a new parody tale, please use the above-linked thread so that there will be no confusion when searching. Thanks!

Mithalwen · 01-05-2010, 06:43 AM

That was it... no wonder I didn't find it ... I looked in Mirth....

The Might · 01-05-2010, 08:38 AM

Sorry about that, didn't know there was another one for this.

Well, you could just move the first posts into the other thread and delete this one, that would be ok with me.

***Mister Underhill*** · 01-05-2010, 01:22 PM

By the way, the first couple (at least) on that linked page were cribbed from our old thread.

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-05-2010, 07:04 PM

Thanks for the link Esty.

That's a great thread. Wonderful to read through it again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister Underhill

By the way, the first couple (at least) on that linked page were cribbed from our old thread.

Although, to be fair, the owner of the site (assuming that it is the same one) did pop up on the thread to request permission to use the Downers' contributions on his own site and appears generally to have been given licence to do so.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-06-2010, 09:34 AM

Well, it turned out that the first few on that thread were posted by a member who found them elsewhere and "forgot" to acknowledge his source. They did not originate on the Downs.

Anything that is published on the internet spreads rapidly, but whenever possible, the original author should be named.

Mithalwen · 01-07-2010, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Might

Sorry about that, didn't know there was another one for this.

Well, you could just move the first posts into the other thread and delete this one, that would be ok with me.

I mentioned it because I remembered it being remarkably good and worth bringing to a new audience not because it was a duplicate

I don't think you possibly could have known about it - I only had a vague memory of it from my earliest days here and looked quite hard - though in the wrong place...

skip spence · 01-07-2010, 10:41 AM

Yeah I remember reading that thread and laughing heartily. Some of those contributions were very good regardless of the source (which, as Esty points out, always should be acknowledged nevertheless)

The Might · 01-07-2010, 11:51 AM

Well then, let's keep the thread... enough talking about threads...

Looking forward to some new ideas on LotR as written by others.

01-04-2010, 07:07 PM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Lord of the Rings as written by other authors Just found a funny page on this topic, check it out here: http://www.astro.umd.edu/~pierce/lotrbyothers.html Of course, if anyone has an idea of how another writer would write it, it would great to read some. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-05-2010, 04:30 AM	#3
Andsigil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Deepest Forges of Ered Luin Posts: 733	Dashiell Hammett would be a good choice to parody. He's one of my favorites. __________________ Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression in the world consciousness.

01-05-2010, 06:34 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,455	There was a thread here with parodies on I think.... I haven't found it yet but I remember it was good... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-05-2010, 06:38 AM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	There's a nice long thread with lots of contributions by various Downers here: If LotR had been written by someone else That thread has traditionally been located on the Books forum for so long that it has not been moved to Mirth. For those who would prefer to post here, I will leave this thread open for now. If you would like to contribute a new parody tale, please use the above-linked thread so that there will be no confusion when searching. Thanks! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-05-2010, 06:43 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,455	That was it... no wonder I didn't find it ... I looked in Mirth.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-05-2010, 08:38 AM	#7
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Sorry about that, didn't know there was another one for this. Well, you could just move the first posts into the other thread and delete this one, that would be ok with me. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-05-2010, 01:22 PM	#8
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,743	By the way, the first couple (at least) on that linked page were cribbed from our old thread.

01-06-2010, 09:34 AM	#10
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Well, it turned out that the first few on that thread were posted by a member who found them elsewhere and "forgot" to acknowledge his source. They did not originate on the Downs. Anything that is published on the internet spreads rapidly, but whenever possible, the original author should be named. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-07-2010, 10:41 AM	#12
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Yeah I remember reading that thread and laughing heartily. Some of those contributions were very good regardless of the source (which, as Esty points out, always should be acknowledged nevertheless) __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

01-07-2010, 11:51 AM	#13
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Well then, let's keep the thread... enough talking about threads... Looking forward to some new ideas on LotR as written by others. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown