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Anaarkhal · 08-06-2011, 02:52 PM

Hello. I poked around this site around 2003 when the fervor for the LotR movies was climaxing, eventually going on to make use of every feature on the site. I found it very enjoyable.

I arbitrarily thought of this site at work yesterday and decided to check it out. I was sad to see that there haven't been any updates since 2004 but alternately excited to see the forums relatively alive.

I guess personal excitement and anticipation for the Hobbit movie releases over the next couple years is what brought this site to mind.

Galadriel55 · 08-06-2011, 07:33 PM

Welcome back, Anaarkhal!

Relatively alive? Oh no! Dead as always!

Anaarkhal · 08-06-2011, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Welcome back, Anaarkhal!

Relatively alive? Oh no! Dead as always!

Oh, well it seems like there are a few regulars, anyway. And that is something considering the site was created around a decade old event. I like it.

FlimFlamSam, same to you!

Faramir Jones · 08-07-2011, 02:10 AM

Nice to have you back, Anaarkhal!

Narnangol · 08-07-2011, 04:53 PM

Hello everyone!

Having archive-binged nearly the whole of the books section on this forum, I have decided to join this site. I think it's arguably the best of Tolkien forums, dead or alive (or undead) and it seems from all you lot say that there are precious few of those on the net anymore! I wish I could have experienced and engaged in this fandom at its apex - browsing all the old stuff does bring a certain measure of regret - but I am definitely too young to have done any of that.

I am in secondary school, only going into Year 9 in September. I live in bright, sunny England, in the gorgeous little city of Oxford. I first read The Hobbit and LOTR nearly three years ago when I was eleven. Since then the Appendices have fallen out of my copy of Return of the King (my sister has now bound them separately

), I have read The Silm and UT, and would have liked to have devoured HoMe too, if I could afford them, what with their eye-watering £120 price tag. I've recently bagged The Book of Lost Tales Part 1, though.

My interests and hobbies include writing and drawing/painting (not that I'm all that good at either

), quizzing, films, languages, spending time with my friends and, of course, analysis and discussion of Tolkien's work (though I'm definitely not keen on anything too scholarly, rigid and absolute.) I love to fill in the gaps as well as see others' interpretation of things. After all, I think its the applicability (and often even ambiguity) of JRRT's work that makes it what is.

That's enough from me now.

Galadriel55 · 08-07-2011, 05:01 PM

Yay! I'm finally not the youngest one around!

(I'm going into Grade 10, or, as you people across the pond say it, Year 10) Well, at least, if you stay here...

Erm, um, uhhh... right.

Welcome, Narnangol! This is definitely the best Tolkien-related (and non-Tolkien-related too) forum that I've seen on the web. I think you'll find many things here that will interest you on top of the Books discussions.

Narnangol · 08-07-2011, 05:13 PM

Well, Galadriel55, the year-grade thing translates differently, as Year 1 here begins with the kids a little younger than Grade 1 does. If you were across the pond, then you'd now be going into Year 11, not 10. So even better for you.

FlimFlamSam · 08-06-2011, 07:43 PM

Hey Anaarkhal!

Nearly similar situation for me as well.
The Hobbit movies got my Tolkien internet interest back up enough to start posting again as well.

I had forgotten about this site until doing a Tolkien discussion board search and found few results other than theonering and I'm not interested in posting there--too many spoilers. Then I saw Barrow-downs and thought... I remember that site. Kind of. When I got here a little more came back to memory.

Yeah, 10 years ago there was a plethora of sites.
I posted to a lot of them too.
Now, just a few remain.
As I recall, this site was one of the better ones even then.

So welcome. Belated (re)intro for myself as well at the same time.

08-06-2011, 02:52 PM	#1
Anaarkhal Newly Deceased Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Torajan jungles Posts: 3	intro Hello. I poked around this site around 2003 when the fervor for the LotR movies was climaxing, eventually going on to make use of every feature on the site. I found it very enjoyable. I arbitrarily thought of this site at work yesterday and decided to check it out. I was sad to see that there haven't been any updates since 2004 but alternately excited to see the forums relatively alive. I guess personal excitement and anticipation for the Hobbit movie releases over the next couple years is what brought this site to mind. __________________ ...bringer of blood; the officiator of sacrificial rites.

08-06-2011, 07:33 PM	#2
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	Welcome back, Anaarkhal! Relatively alive? Oh no! Dead as always! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-07-2011, 02:10 AM	#4
Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	Welcome back! Nice to have you back, Anaarkhal!

08-07-2011, 05:01 PM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	Yay! I'm finally not the youngest one around! (I'm going into Grade 10, or, as you people across the pond say it, Year 10) Well, at least, if you stay here... Erm, um, uhhh... right. Welcome, Narnangol! This is definitely the best Tolkien-related (and non-Tolkien-related too) forum that I've seen on the web. I think you'll find many things here that will interest you on top of the Books discussions. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-07-2011, 04:53 PM	#5
Narnangol Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Hall of Fire Posts: 42	Hello everyone! Having archive-binged nearly the whole of the books section on this forum, I have decided to join this site. I think it's arguably the best of Tolkien forums, dead or alive (or undead) and it seems from all you lot say that there are precious few of those on the net anymore! I wish I could have experienced and engaged in this fandom at its apex - browsing all the old stuff does bring a certain measure of regret - but I am definitely too young to have done any of that. I am in secondary school, only going into Year 9 in September. I live in bright, sunny England, in the gorgeous little city of Oxford. I first read The Hobbit and LOTR nearly three years ago when I was eleven. Since then the Appendices have fallen out of my copy of Return of the King (my sister has now bound them separately ), I have read The Silm and UT, and would have liked to have devoured HoMe too, if I could afford them, what with their eye-watering £120 price tag. I've recently bagged The Book of Lost Tales Part 1, though. My interests and hobbies include writing and drawing/painting (not that I'm all that good at either ), quizzing, films, languages, spending time with my friends and, of course, analysis and discussion of Tolkien's work (though I'm definitely not keen on anything too scholarly, rigid and absolute.) I love to fill in the gaps as well as see others' interpretation of things. After all, I think its the applicability (and often even ambiguity) of JRRT's work that makes it what is. That's enough from me now.

08-07-2011, 05:13 PM	#7
Narnangol Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Hall of Fire Posts: 42	Well, Galadriel55, the year-grade thing translates differently, as Year 1 here begins with the kids a little younger than Grade 1 does. If you were across the pond, then you'd now be going into Year 11, not 10. So even better for you.

08-06-2011, 07:43 PM	#8
FlimFlamSam Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 25	Hey Anaarkhal! Nearly similar situation for me as well. The Hobbit movies got my Tolkien internet interest back up enough to start posting again as well. I had forgotten about this site until doing a Tolkien discussion board search and found few results other than theonering and I'm not interested in posting there--too many spoilers. Then I saw Barrow-downs and thought... I remember that site. Kind of. When I got here a little more came back to memory. Yeah, 10 years ago there was a plethora of sites. I posted to a lot of them too. Now, just a few remain. As I recall, this site was one of the better ones even then. So welcome. Belated (re)intro for myself as well at the same time.