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littlemanpoet · 04-01-2006, 08:02 PM

Now I've read all your responses so far. Thanks, and very interesting points you all make. It's of course far too early to tell, but I'm not entirely surprised by the current lead that The Silmarillion has. I've been rereading it lately, due to a certain (coughRelativePowerscough) thread I've been working on, and I really am enjoying it! It's frankly the kind of work I'm most tempted to write. However, my vote goes to the elegies. I would personally love to read more works with that bittersweet poignancy of Smith of Wootton Major and Leaf by Niggle. There's a hunger there that I want to hunger along with.

Oh, and by the by, I think it would be cool if we had rpg's that came out of the Sil, though that was not part of my intention (would that I could claim it and tell the truth .

View Poll Results: ... and you had your choice, which kind of Tolkienian book would you want?
Silmarillion (mythic epic)	11	47.83%
The Lord of the Rings (quest romance)	10	43.48%
The Hobbit (children's story redolent of Grimm's tales)	0	0%
Roverandom/Father Christmas Stories/Farmer Giles of Ham	0	0%
Leaf by Niggle/Smith of Wootton Major	2	8.70%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

04-01-2006, 08:02 PM	#9
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Now I've read all your responses so far. Thanks, and very interesting points you all make. It's of course far too early to tell, but I'm not entirely surprised by the current lead that The Silmarillion has. I've been rereading it lately, due to a certain (coughRelativePowerscough) thread I've been working on, and I really am enjoying it! It's frankly the kind of work I'm most tempted to write. However, my vote goes to the elegies. I would personally love to read more works with that bittersweet poignancy of Smith of Wootton Major and Leaf by Niggle. There's a hunger there that I want to hunger along with. Oh, and by the by, I think it would be cool if we had rpg's that came out of the Sil, though that was not part of my intention (would that I could claim it and tell the truth .