UK police hold man with possible Tolkien forgeries - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 02-03-2011, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

The website wouldn't load on my computer for some reason.

How can someone pretend to be someone else who has been dead for years?
And how can he re-write that person's works and pass it off as his own?
And who'd fall for it? The logic here escapes me.

I mean, if I told you I was Newton and gave you an account of an apple hitting my head, would you believe me?

He isjust sniping at Christopher Tolkien again, Galadriel.

Pitchwife · 02-03-2011, 05:22 PM

*headpalmfacedesk* Of course...

Nerwen · 02-03-2011, 05:33 PM

You should have saved it for April 1, davem.

davem · 02-04-2011, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

He isjust sniping at Christopher Tolkien again, Galadriel.

I was - in fact I just yesterday received a long letter from the Tolkien Estate solicitors telling me in no uncertain terms to stop the sniping (well, actually, the letter was about half a page long, but appended to it was a 50,000 word commentary on it by Christopher Tolkien, a short essay on the etymology of 'sniping' & a photo of a wild boar named Clive).

Fortunately, just this morning I received a revised letter in which the emphatic 'Do not snipe at Christopher Tolkien' was changed to the milder 'You need not snipe at Christopher Tolkien'.

02-03-2011, 05:22 PM	#2
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	headpalmfacedesk Of course... __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

02-03-2011, 05:33 PM	#3
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	You should have saved it for April 1, davem. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.