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Forum: The Books
03-12-2025, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,995
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Bęthberry
Just out of curiosity, where are you including...
Just out of curiosity, where are you including orcs? Some of them were speaking entities. I"m with Galin and Galadriel in having difficulty getting in, sometimes even with multiple page... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-05-2025, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 4,628
Views: 1,349,714
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Bęthberry
Happy mathom day Guinevere and narf and belated...
Happy mathom day Guinevere and narf and belated greetings to Morth. |
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Forum: The Books
02-16-2025, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 19,663
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Bęthberry
I've just now finished the first chapter. Really...
I've just now finished the first chapter. Really thoughtful work and considered analysis. I wouldn't call this a "fannish essay" at all. I do, however, have one question. I don't see any named... |
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Forum: The Books
01-25-2025, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,275
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Bęthberry
If you are wanting to start a discussion here,...
If you are wanting to start a discussion here, perhaps you could provide a bit more about the general thesis of your article than just a single sentence. Are you trying to say that it is the... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
12-24-2024, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,465
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Bęthberry
Festive Greetings
To Downers who celebrate who I cannot greet on Facebook, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Blessed Kwanza, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, and best compliments to those who celebrate in other... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-28-2024, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,880
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Bęthberry
Finally caught up and watched this episode this...
Finally caught up and watched this episode this evening. I really appreciate Boro's discussions as they have whetted my interest. For my part, most of the crappier stuff in "Rings of Power" is... |
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Forum: The Books
09-27-2024, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,852
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Bęthberry
Interesting responses all. Thank you. I have a...
Interesting responses all. Thank you. I have a new context that differs from those of yours. It was reading The Hobbit to my children. I hadn't realised at the time that I was possibly 'seeing'... |
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Forum: The Books
09-21-2024, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,852
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Bęthberry
The Hobbit is 87 years old today
The years are creeping up on The Hobbit. It was published September 21, 1937, at the tail end of a decade that saw the worst economic depression in the Western world. Yet its ethos was hardly that of... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-12-2024, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 4,628
Views: 1,349,714
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Bęthberry
Happy birthday red, where ever you are.
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Happy birthday red, where ever you are. Happy birthday as well to Legolas. |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
09-04-2024, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,745
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Bęthberry
I used to think that the chapter "The Scouring of...
I used to think that the chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" referred to the ransacking of it by Sharkey and his ruffians and minions. However, thinking more about the chapter, and particularly its... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
08-30-2024, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 100
Views: 36,008
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Bęthberry
Eowyn, where's yer trowsersIf we move out of book territory into other media, I nominate Frank Frazetta for his gross depictions of Eowyn not dressed in disguise as a man that moved the fantasy way outside Tolkien territory. ... |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2024, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,002
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Bęthberry
Let us not forget that Bilbo is prone to thievery...
Let us not forget that Bilbo is prone to thievery too. |
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Forum: The Books
05-30-2024, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,002
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Bęthberry
This online archive of the Dr. Seuss collection...
This online archive of the Dr. Seuss collection mentions Seuss's 1925/26 Oxford University Notebook.... |
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Forum: The Books
04-24-2024, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 25,237
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Bęthberry
There is an alternate timeline out there...
There is an alternate timeline out there somewhere where Tolkien's "New Hobbit" consisted entirely of Bilbo's journey home, and I kind of wish we'd gotten to read it. hS[/QUOTE] In the olden... |
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Forum: The Books
04-22-2024, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 25,700
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Bęthberry
I'm not sure what has to be moved off my wallet...
I'm not sure what has to be moved off my wallet to make space for it. |
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Forum: The Books
04-21-2024, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 25,700
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Bęthberry
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Forum: The Books
04-20-2024, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 25,237
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Bęthberry
Great questions, hS.
It is possible...
Great questions, hS. It is possible that Tolkien, philologist that he was, wasn't thinking of our modern usage of prison cell, but of the original Anglo Saxon or Middle English meanings, such... |
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Forum: The Books
03-24-2024, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,991
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Bęthberry
Tolkien Reading Day 2024March 25th is the day the Ring was destroyed. To commemorate that fateful day, the Tolkien Society has established March 25th as Tolkien Reading Day, a time to gather with friends to read favourite... |
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Forum: The Books
03-14-2024, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 25,700
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Bęthberry
I misspoke (miswrote?). It is not "complete...
I misspoke (miswrote?). It is not "complete poems" but "collected poems. Here is what Hammond and Scull have written about it, perhaps to answer some of your questions:... |
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Forum: The Books
03-13-2024, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 25,700
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Bęthberry
New Tolkien book coming in SeptemberSome of you might have seen this announced in other Tolkien fora and sites but it is worth posting about it here. Yes, a complete edition of Tolkien's poetry, including several poems not previously... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-26-2024, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 4,628
Views: 1,349,714
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Bęthberry
in pintsSorry I missed your mathom day, Morth, but I hope this next trip 'round the sun got off to a fine start. |
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Forum: The Books
01-24-2024, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 58,599
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Bęthberry
Well, I'm back. And have the NuLetters in hand....
Well, I'm back. And have the NuLetters in hand. (I like that spelling very much, thanks hS In rereading the comments here, I find it striking that the initial and possibly major points made... |
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Forum: The Movies
01-18-2024, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 33,553
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Bęthberry
Running Rings around Tolkienhttps://www.theonering.net/torwp/2024/01/18/117354-spy-report-suggests-an-unhinged-season-2-of-the-rings-of-power/ |
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Forum: The Books
01-17-2024, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 58,599
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Bęthberry
I've been waiting to reply until I receive the...I've been waiting to reply until I receive the "Nuletters" (a Christmas gift ordered that apparently has not yet been delivered) so I thank Huinesoron for responding after reading the letter. I... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-04-2024, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 7,060
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Bęthberry
Call for participants in a Tolkien research projectThis PhD research survey is being run by Rev. Tom Emanuel, who is a PhD candidate in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow. His phd is funded by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities... |
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