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Forum: The Movies
07-29-2023, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 41,498
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William Cloud Hicklin
My view is that nobody but Tolkien can write...
My view is that nobody but Tolkien can write Tolkien. Consider this analogy: a composer today succeeds in writing imitation Mozart which is such an expert pastiche one can hardly tell the... |
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Forum: The Movies
07-28-2023, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 41,498
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William Cloud Hicklin
What would I like to see in Warner Bros. new...
What would I like to see in Warner Bros. new movies? Nothing. I wish they would keep their pin heads and grasping claws off of Tolkien's world. |
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Forum: The Books
07-09-2023, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,276
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Given the context of that quote, I had always...
Given the context of that quote, I had always assumed the reference was to Valinor, not to the Great Lands |
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Forum: The Books
07-05-2023, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,303
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William Cloud Hicklin
Well, true, but Gollum was a hobbit (more or...
Well, true, but Gollum was a hobbit (more or less), and "remarkably tough in the fibre". Based on Appendix B, if some at least of the Nine were "high Numenorean lords," then they would have taken... |
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Forum: The Books
07-05-2023, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,681
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I think Gandalf was in a position where deduction...
I think Gandalf was in a position where deduction and simple arithmetic told him it could only be the One, but that was almost too much to believe, and then there was Saruman's definitive statement. ... |
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Forum: The Books
07-04-2023, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,303
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-01-2023, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 30,056
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Movies
06-25-2023, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 21,741
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William Cloud Hicklin
Exactly. Cooking was not part of a princess'...
Exactly. Cooking was not part of a princess' education. "I have people for that." |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2023, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 46,784
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William Cloud Hicklin
No, I don't have a website, not even a Facebook...
No, I don't have a website, not even a Facebook page; but TS it seems will be publishing the list. |
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Forum: The Movies
06-17-2023, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,143
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
AIUI, Amazon keeps two sets of books. One, which...
AIUI, Amazon keeps two sets of books. One, which the PR department uses for press releases, counts a "view" any time anyone watches even five seconds of an upload. The other, used internally and... |
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Forum: The Books
06-17-2023, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 46,784
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Errata list
ERRATA Chronology of the Lord of the Rings, TS 19 Supp. p. 40, January: there should be a closing square bracket after “they go by winding ways.” p. 50, Feb 20, Company: “their camp on the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-11-2023, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,180
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Galvorn is real!
Researchers at the US Air Force and NASA have announced a new material, which is lightweight, flexible, stronger than steel, at least as conductive as copper, and black. There are almost limitless... |
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Forum: The Books
06-08-2023, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 22,021
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William Cloud Hicklin
I'm having trouble coming up with a timeline,...
I'm having trouble coming up with a timeline, mentally, although I suppose it could be straightened out by someone a bit more familiar with the textual history (Bill Fliss has a big chart covering... |
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Forum: The Books
06-07-2023, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 22,021
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
The problem of course is that "later" could mean...
The problem of course is that "later" could mean any time between the making of the amanuensis typescript, and 1973. |
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Forum: The Books
06-07-2023, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 60,945
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William Cloud Hicklin
Apparently this version with 500 letters is the...
Apparently this version with 500 letters is the original edition Carpenter and CRT prepared. But Unwins thought it was too long to have a hope of breaking even, so they insisted it be curt down in... |
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Forum: The Books
05-08-2023, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,668
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I just finished reading a most interesting book,...
I just finished reading a most interesting book, The Dark Queens, covering the tumultuous lives of Brunnhild (yes, that one, or at least the real one) and her sometime sister-in-law Fredegund; the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-06-2023, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,668
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William Cloud Hicklin
I think you meant first Carolingian king of the...
I think you meant first Carolingian king of the Franks. The house of Merovech had been ruling them for some two and a half centuries. |
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Forum: The Books
04-21-2023, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,023
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William Cloud Hicklin
I would submit the case of Denethor as a hero's...
I would submit the case of Denethor as a hero's fall. |
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Forum: The Books
04-21-2023, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 23,394
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
It seems we are dealing with an obsessive whose...
It seems we are dealing with an obsessive whose position on the spectrum is a couple of standard deviations off the mean. After he mailed his manuscript to Simon Tolkien and (unsurprisingly) got no... |
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Forum: The Books
04-05-2023, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 74,603
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William Cloud Hicklin
Not a pun, but Burrahobbit is certainly wordplay....
Not a pun, but Burrahobbit is certainly wordplay. As is eleventy-first. |
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Forum: The Books
04-02-2023, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 74,603
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Books
04-01-2023, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 74,603
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Farmer Giles is loaded with them. I especially...
Farmer Giles is loaded with them. I especially like this: "Dogs had to be content with short names in the vernacular: the Book-latin was reserved for their betters. Garm could not talk even... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-04-2023, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,479
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I'm not sure why we should be hopeful that Warner...
I'm not sure why we should be hopeful that Warner fanfiction will be any less dire than Amazon fanfiction. |
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Forum: The Books
03-02-2023, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,792
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2023, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 26,690
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I wonder why the Estate is so opposed to its...
I wonder why the Estate is so opposed to its publication? It's a rather odd position to take on an original JRRT poem. |
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