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mark12_30 · 10-06-2013, 12:16 AM

There may not be any. I just thought it was fun. At least the actor linked it with faerie and not Disney or worse. I guess it reminded me of Lmp' s thread "It feels different near the Shire." I liked the faerie in it.

Getting pretty casual in my old age. Hear the owls? Have a glass....

Bêthberry · 10-07-2013, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mark12_30

There may not be any. I just thought it was fun. At least the actor linked it with faerie and not Disney or worse. I guess it reminded me of Lmp' s thread "It feels different near the Shire." I liked the faerie in it.

Getting pretty casual in my old age. Hear the owls? Have a glass....

And I guess I'm getting pretty suspicious of anything from TORN in my old age. Yours sounds kinder and more generous.

Tolkien disliked Shakespeare's fairies and had a kind of grudge against Celtic/Arthurian legends, so that's what made me suspicious. But you are right that it is preferable to take a cue from them rather than from Disney.

By the way, I really enjoy Smith of Wootton Major. It think I like it's fairie more than the aspects of it in LotR.

Tea?

mark12_30 · 10-08-2013, 05:53 AM

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By the way, I really enjoy Smith of Wootton Major. It think I like it's fairie more than the aspects of it in LotR.

A huge favorite. Makes me want to find the queen and go dancing in the woods. (Maybe I want to BE the queen and lead the dancing in the woods.) I miss being agile. I daydream about getting back into ballet but so far it's just a dream (partly because my tendons still warn me about Highland dancing...)
I love the elvish dances in Tolkien's work, but the dancing in Smith is more magical still.
Watching ballet or even highland on youtube doesn't do that for me. I want the air to be fresh and new, and I want magic. Maybe that's heaven calling.

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Tea?

Please! Ah, that's good. Very good.

mark12_30 · 01-05-2014, 10:09 PM

A funny thing happened to me on my way to a e-trilogy.

So I went to Amazon, because even though I have boxfulls of trilogies, and three or four single-volumes, I carry a Kindle on travel, and wanted an e-copy. I shopped a bit, and found the trilogy for ten bucks. Glee! Even better, it was the 50th anniversary edition. I bought it.

Then I wondered, what about the pricey Rob Inglis audio book I've been wanting for a decade now? It's endlessly checked out at the library, and it's not cheap otherwise, but I hear the chap is really, really good. A downloadable version would be really, really nice. So I looked that up on Amazon.

Wow. About $33 bucks per-- so for the trilogy, nearly a hundred bucks. Zowie.

But then I noticed, according to the leading reviews, it's also available as the Kindle read-along to the audio feature. I forget what they call it, but you buy the text, and then for a few more bucks, you can get a good, professionally read matching audio (not Microsoft Bob) that you can listen to and simultaneously read-along, and the price for that is usually about four bucks. And in this case, for a standard three-book trilogy, for the kindle, the text is just under eight bucks and the read along is just under four bucks. So that's under twelve for the text and the audio-- Times three for the trilogy, $36 -- and you have both the text, and (according to Amazon) the Rob Inglis audio.

For real? That's what it looks like to me. Alas, I had already spent my ten bucks, and I want to keep the 50th anniversary edition-- which, with the subtle changes, doesn't have an audio to go with it yet. And the $36 (over the ten) isn't in my budget this week.

But if anyone else has been hoping for Rob Inglis, $36 doesn't seem like a bad price at all, at all. I may yet do it in a paycheck or two. And I thought I'd pass it on.

Meanwhile, I am in chapter five, just entering The Old Forest. I am very much looking forward to Tom Bombadil.

Cheers! And once again, Happy Birthday, Professor.

mark12_30 · 05-03-2015, 05:01 PM

Since the previous post, i have purchased the Inglis audio for FOTR , TTT, ROTK, and TH. Inglis is amazing, and especially wonderful on long drives. But I really wish he had published an audio book of the Sil!

Mithalwen · 05-03-2015, 05:11 PM

I have a 4 CD set - the Tolkien Audio collection IIRC (not being lazy most of my possessions are in storage), which has fairly lengthy excerpts from the Silmarillion read by Christopher. Not quite like having the whole thing of course but worth a listen if you get the chance.

mark12_30 · 05-04-2015, 12:42 PM

Are they coherent sections, similar to short stories? Depending on the sections that might be awesome....

10-06-2013, 12:16 AM	#1
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	There may not be any. I just thought it was fun. At least the actor linked it with faerie and not Disney or worse. I guess it reminded me of Lmp' s thread "It feels different near the Shire." I liked the faerie in it. Getting pretty casual in my old age. Hear the owls? Have a glass.... __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

01-05-2014, 10:09 PM	#4
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	kindle editions A funny thing happened to me on my way to a e-trilogy. So I went to Amazon, because even though I have boxfulls of trilogies, and three or four single-volumes, I carry a Kindle on travel, and wanted an e-copy. I shopped a bit, and found the trilogy for ten bucks. Glee! Even better, it was the 50th anniversary edition. I bought it. Then I wondered, what about the pricey Rob Inglis audio book I've been wanting for a decade now? It's endlessly checked out at the library, and it's not cheap otherwise, but I hear the chap is really, really good. A downloadable version would be really, really nice. So I looked that up on Amazon. Wow. About $33 bucks per-- so for the trilogy, nearly a hundred bucks. Zowie. But then I noticed, according to the leading reviews, it's also available as the Kindle read-along to the audio feature. I forget what they call it, but you buy the text, and then for a few more bucks, you can get a good, professionally read matching audio (not Microsoft Bob) that you can listen to and simultaneously read-along, and the price for that is usually about four bucks. And in this case, for a standard three-book trilogy, for the kindle, the text is just under eight bucks and the read along is just under four bucks. So that's under twelve for the text and the audio-- Times three for the trilogy, $36 -- and you have both the text, and (according to Amazon) the Rob Inglis audio. For real? That's what it looks like to me. Alas, I had already spent my ten bucks, and I want to keep the 50th anniversary edition-- which, with the subtle changes, doesn't have an audio to go with it yet. And the $36 (over the ten) isn't in my budget this week. But if anyone else has been hoping for Rob Inglis, $36 doesn't seem like a bad price at all, at all. I may yet do it in a paycheck or two. And I thought I'd pass it on. Meanwhile, I am in chapter five, just entering The Old Forest. I am very much looking forward to Tom Bombadil. Cheers! And once again, Happy Birthday, Professor. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

05-03-2015, 05:01 PM	#5
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Since the previous post, i have purchased the Inglis audio for FOTR , TTT, ROTK, and TH. Inglis is amazing, and especially wonderful on long drives. But I really wish he had published an audio book of the Sil! __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

05-03-2015, 05:11 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I have a 4 CD set - the Tolkien Audio collection IIRC (not being lazy most of my possessions are in storage), which has fairly lengthy excerpts from the Silmarillion read by Christopher. Not quite like having the whole thing of course but worth a listen if you get the chance. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-04-2015, 12:42 PM	#7
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Are they coherent sections, similar to short stories? Depending on the sections that might be awesome.... __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.