Christopher Tolkien to finish lost Middle Earth novel - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 04-17-2007, 02:48 AM

Salon.com on CoH
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2...rin/index.html

Quote:

What sits in the foreground is that persistent Tolkienian sense that good and evil are locked in an unresolved Manichaean struggle with amorphous boundaries, and that the world is a place of sadness and loss, whose human inhabitants are most often the agents of their own destruction.

Lalwendë · 04-17-2007, 03:01 AM

I just glanced at this and thought it said:

"good and evil are locked in an unresolved Mancunian struggle with amorphous boundaries"

Anyone see Newsnight's excellent, intelligent item about this last night? With Adam Tolkien interviewed?

Linky to the show is in davem's post here.

davem · 04-17-2007, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I just glanced at this and thought it said:

"good and evil are locked in an unresolved Mancunian struggle with amorphous boundaries"

"a place of sadness and loss, whose human inhabitants are most often the agents of their own destruction"

Sounds like Manchester to me.

davem · 04-17-2007, 04:40 AM

More:
http://www.centredaily.com/188/story/70971.html

&
http://www.courant.com/features/life...headlines-life

From which we get:

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In the 1950s, Smith created the first index for Lord of the Rings, a task that required sorting out the elaborate Middle-earth world.

She once had to deliver a talk to the Tolkien Society about the author's work. Having met him only a few times, Smith felt she needed more information. Tolkien, whom she describes as cheerful and chatty, hastily sent off three-and-a-half handwritten pages about his life and work.

"I think he was a little tipsy when he wrote it, but it was very good," she says. She simply read the letter to the society and the talk was a success.

davem · 04-17-2007, 05:20 AM

Michael Drout review of CoH
http://wormtalk.blogspot.com/2007/04...-contains.html

Lalwendë · 04-17-2007, 06:22 AM

And now it has made the BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6562757.stm

davem · 04-17-2007, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

And now it has made the BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6562757.stm

Might be worth keeping an eye on the BBC podcasts site too:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...4778.stm#daily - may become available for download soon

Also try 'Listen Again' for 'Front Row' right now - AS Byatt on CoH

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml

She doesn't like it (neither does Mark Lawson)

04-17-2007, 03:01 AM	#2
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I just glanced at this and thought it said: "good and evil are locked in an unresolved Mancunian struggle with amorphous boundaries" Anyone see Newsnight's excellent, intelligent item about this last night? With Adam Tolkien interviewed? Linky to the show is in davem's post here. __________________ Gordon's alive!

04-17-2007, 05:20 AM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Michael Drout review of CoH http://wormtalk.blogspot.com/2007/04...-contains.html __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

04-17-2007, 06:22 AM	#6
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	And now it has made the BBC News website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6562757.stm __________________ Gordon's alive!