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02-04-2008, 08:15 PM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
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I don't mind fanfic once in a while, if it's good and genuinely has something to say about the characters or their environment, but I wouldn't want to pay money for it. I don't even think I'd get it out of the library. When fanfic is put up online, imperfection is acceptable, since it's clearly just for fun, anyway--no one is making any money from it. I feel like there's something a little bit not right about this second movie idea. I'll probably go see it (depending, of course, on buzz and the trailer), but I wouldn't feel quite right reading a novelization of it. Middle-earth is Tolkien's. Best to leave it to the writer who knew it best.
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02-06-2008, 07:03 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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No way. I hate fanfics. Whatever is not written by J.R.R. Tolkien is not Middle-earth. Period.
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02-12-2008, 04:40 PM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
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Actually written by someone else: not okay. 
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02-14-2008, 08:45 AM
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I am not suggesting that this novel be included in the 'official' canon. It can be a companion piece to the second prequel and a 'gap-filler' for those who want to know more about Middle-earth and don't mind that the book is only loosely based on the established LOTR book-verse(through the films). Think of it as something like Weapons and Warfare(a movie-based book about the peoples of ME and their weapons and armour), which was written from the point of view of Gondorian historians to give it a Middle-earth-ish feel.
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02-14-2008, 09:43 AM
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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Of course, legally it can't happen, so it ain't gonna.
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02-14-2008, 10:02 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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02-14-2008, 11:05 AM
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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Because the movie rights do not extend to books and printed matter. The Tolkien family owns those.
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