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05-20-2011, 01:05 PM
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Hello to all,
My name is Mahdi. I was searching and found this thread. I'm Iranian fan of Tolkien and moderator of one of Tolkien's fan sites and forums of Iran. (www.Arda.ir and www.forum.Arda.ir) I must mention that Tolkien is very popular among Iranian people and there are some good forums like Arda.ir , Valimar.ir , fantasy.ir , ... . This celebration was joint meeting of Arda and Fantasy Academy and I as moderator of arda was there. If you want to know what happened in that meeting you can read this(if you know Persian): http://arda.ir/news/259-arda-fantasyacademy-isna.html or Google Translation here: http://translate.google.com/translat...demy-isna.html But Google translation isn't good (Arda has been translated as Policy! and many other mistakes) so I say it in brief. It began with biography of Tolkien and his books then a long discussion on Tolkien's books and reading parts of The Hobbit, Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin and Lord of the Rings. At last I must tell Kuruharan that there was no "modernist criticism"!  Regards, 3DMahdi Last edited by 3dmahdi; 05-20-2011 at 01:08 PM. |
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05-20-2011, 01:49 PM
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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Welcome, 3DMahdi! Great to see an Iranian Tolkien fan on the Downs!
Your link to your own forum really makes me sad that I can't read Persian - I'd love to peep into some of the discussions there and see what people from another culture think about Tolkien's works. Quote:
Again, welcome, and hope to see you around here more often!
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05-20-2011, 02:05 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
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I can only second Pitch's welcome and regret that I can't read it - great to know it exists though.
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05-20-2011, 02:49 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
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And yes, it's so good to know that there are geeks like you all over the world!
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05-20-2011, 03:13 PM
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Thanks for your welcome Pitchwife, Mithalwen and Galadriel55.
Tolkien is so great and he has fans all around the world because his works are about things that are common in all cultures: admiring peace, bravery, truth and love. |
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05-20-2011, 05:33 PM
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Regal Dwarven Shade
Join Date: Jan 2002
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 This does bring me to the potentially odd question of what sort of literary criticism Tolkien does come under in that part of the world?
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