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Forum: The Books
03-21-2004, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 19,836
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Lobelia
Okay, this is going back to THE HOBBIT, but if...
Okay, this is going back to THE HOBBIT, but if the Dwarves and Bilbo hadn't got rained on and Fili and Kili hadn't been so slack about checking out that cave, they wouldn't have been dragged off by... |
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Forum: The Books
03-14-2004, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 9,295
Posted By
Lobelia
Pippin is less comic relief in the novel than in...
Pippin is less comic relief in the novel than in the film, but he does have his moments and give Gandalf the excuse to say things like, "Fool of a Took!" and "Hit them with your head!" at the gates... |
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Forum: The Books
03-14-2004, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,154
Posted By
Lobelia
Essex, "whether or not it worked out that way" is...
Essex, "whether or not it worked out that way" is exactly what I meant, i.e. that they weren't always that helpful, whatever was intended. Basically, the attitude is that humanity are the important... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-14-2004, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,071
Posted By
Lobelia
Boromir is kind. It was Boromir, not Gandalf and...
Boromir is kind. It was Boromir, not Gandalf and certainly not Mr Great King Aragorn, who considered the hobbits' needs when they were going up Caradhras, who became angry when poor Frodo was about... |
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Forum: The Books
03-09-2004, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,154
Posted By
Lobelia
Ahem! Cough cough! I think we're drifting here,...
Ahem! Cough cough! I think we're drifting here, if having fun, so I hope it's okay if I get back to the original question...:) I don't think it was a case of favouritism, unless it's slanted... |
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Forum: The Books
02-27-2004, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,136
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Lobelia
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Forum: The Books
02-27-2004, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,136
Posted By
Lobelia
Was it the crown or the Silmarils? I vaguely...
Was it the crown or the Silmarils? I vaguely recall that there was something about the Silmarils that made them burn naughty people who tired to hold them and still he just had to have them. Perhaps... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2004, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,151
Posted By
Lobelia
I got the impression that, having finished his...
I got the impression that, having finished his task, - and yes, resurrection rather than reincarnation was the right word -Gandalf was going home - you know, back to the pile of unanswered mail that... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2004, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,296
Posted By
Lobelia
Hear, hear, Estelyn Telcontar! Hurray for the...
Hear, hear, Estelyn Telcontar! Hurray for the fifty-something Tooks! I have my plans already. I will be taking early "retirement" in my mid-fifties due to a loophole in the superannuation rules here,... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-21-2004, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,558
Posted By
Lobelia
True, it did seem to be eating it that harmed...
True, it did seem to be eating it that harmed him. What I always wondered was why he never complained about travelling by day? In the novel, he really did NOT like the Yellow Face, no, not at all,... |
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Forum: The Books
02-21-2004, 03:35 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 14,296
Posted By
Lobelia
What a fascinating discussion! I have thought of...
What a fascinating discussion! I have thought of it myself - just this morning, in fact! :-) At fifty, Bilbo was a fat little middle-class man(okay, Hobbit) who needed something to bring out the... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-21-2004, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 13,277
Posted By
Lobelia
Haunting Spirit ... chuckle! "They all die", huh?...
Haunting Spirit ... chuckle! "They all die", huh? I have a friend who says that as a matter of principle and I have to admit I was tempted this time, but my brother would not have been amused!;) |
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Forum: The Movies
02-19-2004, 05:42 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,287
Posted By
Lobelia
As long as we're talking weird matters in...
As long as we're talking weird matters in Shelob's lair, did anyone notice that Shelob, scuttling for safety from Sam and Sting, shrieks, "No-o-o!" I know Shelob was sentient, but it was unexpected.... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-19-2004, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 13,277
Posted By
Lobelia
Did anyone see ROTK with a "newbie"?"
I saw the film, recently, with my brother and sister-in-law. My brother is reading the novel and had some vague notion of what was going on, but my sister-in-law had never read the book and had no... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-19-2004, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 23,090
Posted By
Lobelia
Ooh, Gimli, definitely! I'd feel totally safe...
Ooh, Gimli, definitely! I'd feel totally safe *behind* that whirling axe, provided I could keep up with him. I could always promise to count his orcs for him while he fought, and save him the hassle!... |
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Forum: The Books
02-13-2004, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 15,692
Posted By
Lobelia
Don't forget that when Galadriel asks Gimli what...Don't forget that when Galadriel asks Gimli what he's going to do with the hair, he says that he'll set it in crystal as an heirloom to remind everyone of the perpetual friendship between "wood and... |
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Forum: The Books
02-12-2004, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,116
Posted By
Lobelia
Also, if you read old Northern sagas, you'll find...
Also, if you read old Northern sagas, you'll find that characters *do* burst into song or verse at the drop of a helmet. It's just the way they're written. And some of the poems were written by... |
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Forum: The Books
02-11-2004, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,656
Posted By
Lobelia
Joy Chant and Tolkien
Has anyone come across a long out of print novel called RED MOON AND BLACK MOUNTAIN? The author said she had never read LOTR (according to her librarianship tutor, who used to work at my library... |
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Forum: The Books
02-11-2004, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 18,473
Posted By
Lobelia
I think my problem, if such it is, is that I...
I think my problem, if such it is, is that I can't choose a favourite scene. The joy, for me, of a re-read, is that with each chapter I think, "Oh, good, I'm going to read the scene where..." ... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-07-2004, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,714
Posted By
Lobelia
Hmm, I'm not sure I'd enjoy LOTR The TV series!...Hmm, I'm not sure I'd enjoy LOTR The TV series! The visual experience is always going to be different from the book experience and that's fair enough. I saw DUNE the movie and DUNE the mini-series... |
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Forum: The Books
02-07-2004, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,601
Posted By
Lobelia
Frodo's sword on WeathertopIf this topic has been discussed forgive me, but the search facility was slow tonight. I have been re-reading FOTR and have wondered what was going on with Frodo's sword, pre-Sting, I mean. During... |
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Forum: The Books
02-07-2004, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,686
Posted By
Lobelia
Re the Entwife: I am fairly sure that Tolkien...Re the Entwife: I am fairly sure that Tolkien said in one of his letters that the Entwives had been killed a long time ago, I forget the details, but they were dead. I think if Gandalf said it... |
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Forum: The Books
02-05-2004, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 23,488
Posted By
Lobelia
Personally, I find Eowyn more believable than...Personally, I find Eowyn more believable than some of the "women warriors" of modern fiction. In the culture which Tolkien had in mind, the shield-maiden was not an unknown concept - and hey, there... |
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Forum: The Books
02-04-2004, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 7,130
Posted By
Lobelia
I think you'll find a reference to the Kentucky...I think you'll find a reference to the Kentucky lad in Michael White's Tolkien bio - anyway, that's where I found it a couple of years ago. It mentioned that this might have been where he came up... |
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Forum: The Books
02-03-2004, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 15,692
Posted By
Lobelia
Definitely the courtly love and adoration and the...Definitely the courtly love and adoration and the fact that with all this elf racism against dwarves, she had been kind. But she must also have been touched and flattered - don't forget, Feanor... |
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