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Forum: The Books
09-04-2010, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 14,109
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tumhalad2
A misunderstanding:
Indeed, in the past, I...
A misunderstanding: Indeed, in the past, I did post a thread about David Brin's ideas in which I expressed some loss of faith, if you like, so I can see why you may have thought that. Nonetheles,... |
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Forum: The Books
09-04-2010, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 14,109
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I take offence to your tone of condescension....
I take offence to your tone of condescension. This is a forum for discussion, and I could't care less that you think we've already covered the same issues. It's not that I need permission (I take... |
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Forum: The Books
09-04-2010, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 14,109
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Mieville's thoughts...
"Tolkien's worldview was resolutely rural, petty bourgeois, conservative, anti-modernist, misanthropically Christian and anti-intellectual. That comes across very strongly in his fiction and his... |
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Forum: The Books
09-01-2010, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 31,216
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I pretty much agree with all of this, but I would...
I pretty much agree with all of this, but I would reiterate a difference between the LOTR and CoH again: while it is certainly true, and clear, that neither Eru or the Valar intervene much in... |
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Forum: The Books
09-01-2010, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 31,216
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In a moral sense, opposites. This is the crucial...
In a moral sense, opposites. This is the crucial distinction between the two works, I think. As Andrew O'Hehir wrote in his review on Salon.com, "I came away from "The Children of Húrin" with a... |
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Forum: The Books
08-31-2010, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 31,216
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[QUOTE=Nerwen]
Which neatly settles the...
[QUOTE=Nerwen] Which neatly settles the question of whether the author ever meant it to be a stand-alone work, doesn't it? Obviously, he didn't. [QUOTE=Nerwen] Obviously? I'm not entirely... |
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Forum: The Books
08-31-2010, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 31,216
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CoH is not a misfit because it is a tragedy; I...
CoH is not a misfit because it is a tragedy; I agree there are many a small or large tragedy dotted around Tolkien's fiction, including in some respects the end of the Lord of the Rings. What is... |
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Forum: The Books
08-31-2010, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 31,216
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This is (or was) an interesting thread, and three...
This is (or was) an interesting thread, and three years later I'd like to respond to the question Davem was exploring - shall I read CoH again? Absolutely! It is, by far, my favourite work by... |
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Forum: The Books
06-20-2010, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,965
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tumhalad2
The Power of Tolkien's Prose
Over at my blog, A Clearer Thinking Oasis (http://aussierebel.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/the-power-of-tolkiens-prose/), I've just discussed a newly released work of Tolkien criticism called The Power... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-24-2009, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,647
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tumhalad2
Well that's the big question isn't it. The...
Well that's the big question isn't it. The boundaries that differentiate sub Roman Britain from fully fledged Anglo-Saxon England are not well known. I've been involved with some linguistic research... |
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Forum: The Books
09-24-2009, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,423
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Tolkien and George R. Martin
I've been looking around for some alternative fantasy recently and I've come across a (seemingly) renowned writer hailed as the "American Tolkien", George R. Martin. He of course writes the Song... |
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Forum: The Books
03-20-2009, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
Here is a scathing review I found upon amazon:
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Here is a scathing review I found upon amazon: Decades after its initial publishing, The Lord of the Rings still enjoys a devoted fandom as strong as it was during the trilogy's conception. The... |
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Forum: The Books
03-07-2009, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 231
Views: 149,257
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tumhalad2
Shippey's Essay
I have found the essay and I can here present some of the relevant informations: [I] Orcs, Wraiths, Wrights: Tolkien's Images of Evil[/I "...Shagrat sees nothing wrong with Gorbat's use of... |
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Forum: The Books
03-07-2009, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 231
Views: 149,257
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Here's some analysis of Shippey's essay:
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Here's some analysis of Shippey's essay: http://www.hatrack.com/svu/tolkien_lewis/al's%20Tolkienpaper.html and the particularly relevant piece: Shippey also makes an interesting point when... |
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Forum: The Books
03-07-2009, 03:41 AM
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Replies: 231
Views: 149,257
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It might be interesting here to invoke Tom...
It might be interesting here to invoke Tom Shippey's essay, called Orcs, Wraiths, and Wrights-The Nature of Evil in Tolkien's Middle-earth Though I dont have it with me, it deals with the very... |
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Forum: The Books
03-07-2009, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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Well, well, well...Long time no post!
This...
Well, well, well...Long time no post! This thread certainly took an interesting turn! For some time I've been rather ignorant of Tolkien, being absorbed in my last year of high-school. I'm about... |
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Forum: The Books
03-12-2008, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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ok guys here is another ingredient we can add to...
ok guys here is another ingredient we can add to the mix: some intersting articles that contrast somewhat to Brin et al.. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/ID24Aa01.html there are links... |
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Forum: The Books
02-26-2008, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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Some incredibly intersting stuff there guys-wow!...
Some incredibly intersting stuff there guys-wow! Philosophy is so interesting! As to Star Wars, Nerwen, I'm not sure it exemplifies modernist values any more that the Lord of the Rings, and though... |
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Forum: The Books
02-26-2008, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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Yes!!! This point is of critical import. The...
Yes!!! This point is of critical import. The Children of Hurin, especially in the opening chapters, discusses these points as well, from the point of view of a little boy, then a man captured by a... |
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Forum: The Books
02-26-2008, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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Indeed. Nonetheless, I do not believe that modern...
Indeed. Nonetheless, I do not believe that modern applicability should so lightly be thrust upon Tolkien's races and cultures. As Skip Spense points out, the supposed 'immortality' of the elves is... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2008, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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[QUOTE=Nogrod;548687]
... In this world...
[QUOTE=Nogrod;548687] ... In this world there are no genetical master-races of the Dunedain even if some people have tried to advance that kind of ideas, or master-cultures like the elves - or... |
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2008, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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I suppose, modernists being modern, they would...
I suppose, modernists being modern, they would say that the world no longer has need for, nor room for, stories of that sort, exactly because they are exclusive, or 'racist'. I too think that if one... |
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2008, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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Thats it Ibrin. Nonetheless, are there any valid...
Thats it Ibrin. Nonetheless, are there any valid criticisms these people bring up? They defend the Force in Star Wars by saying that Sauron is a 'two dimensional Satan figure'-while another forumer... |
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2008, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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or that LOTR is MORE conservative than Star Wars...
or that LOTR is MORE conservative than Star Wars and thus deserving to be ruthlessly attacked....lol:eek: |
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2008, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
Ibrin that was an absolutely fascinating and...
Ibrin that was an absolutely fascinating and enlightening response-thank you and I greatly enjoyed reading it. As to medernism and its virtues, yes, I would agree, having taken some time to think... |
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