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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
haha no I understand...and yes those forumers...
haha no I understand...and yes those forumers should be told! I see what you're saying and I suppose there is little I can say against it. Ultimately, as you say, all literature is infused with some... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
Well put, though once again I do not believe...
Well put, though once again I do not believe Tolkien's books are so 'infused' with so many conservative ideas to take it seriously as a social treatise, or social commentary at all. I suppose what Im... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
That is an interesting take on it...and I suppose...
That is an interesting take on it...and I suppose I find much merit in it. I'd like to bring up another aspect of Tolkien at this point, add it to the boiling pot: The primary theme of his... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
haha yes well, I was rather flaberghasted with...
haha yes well, I was rather flaberghasted with the vitriocity that the Star Wars forumers were displaying...they seemed to be pretty desperate lol. Yes, I'm upset by attacks on Star Wars as well,... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 01:15 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
I would agree with that...I suppose my trouble is...
I would agree with that...I suppose my trouble is that Brin et al write convincingly and with a great deal of conviction. Its rhetorically good, one might say. But yes, sorry I see what you are... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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well no, i suppose the point is that the star...
well no, i suppose the point is that the star wars forumers are attempting to defend their own interest by means of attacking another which they perceive to be inherently more conservative, and thus... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
"Finally: this lot, and the unnamed board they're...
"Finally: this lot, and the unnamed board they're quoting from, seem to have by and large accepted David Brin's simple old vs new model: either you're conservative and anti-technology (bad) or... |
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Forum: The Books
02-22-2008, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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haha, well, that's the question isn't it. I mean,...
haha, well, that's the question isn't it. I mean, there is something frighteningly un-human about humanism, if you catch my drift. Humanism is really what these people are talking about I suppose-a... |
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Forum: The Books
02-22-2008, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 86,923
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tumhalad2
The Scourge of The Dark Side...Tolkien and ModernismThe Dark Side indeed-the dark side of Tolkien apparently. I am a Star Wars fan and while trawling the boards of StarDestroyer.net I came across this particular topic-discussing the cultural merits of... |
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Forum: The Books
12-16-2007, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,550
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tumhalad2
Tolkien's Heavenly Old World
:eek:Middle Earth, middlebrow JRR Tolkien the author of the 20th century? Andrew Rissik defends the canon against assault from hobbits and Tom Shippey Andrew Rissik Guardian |
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Forum: The Books
10-07-2007, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,866
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tumhalad2
Ha ha indeed. Though reading some of Brin's stuff...
Ha ha indeed. Though reading some of Brin's stuff again today, it is so difficult to come to the conclusion that he may have a point, one that may be deeply relevant to Tolkien. I find increasingly... |
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Forum: The Books
10-07-2007, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,866
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tumhalad2
I found this link and message on a blog:
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I found this link and message on a blog: http://revolutionsf.com/article/953.html THE TOLKIEN CRITIQUE I stumbled across this critique of "The Lord of the Rings" at Boing Boing and read it... |
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Forum: The Books
09-19-2007, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,866
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tumhalad2
http://plover.net/~bonds/tolkien1.html
Check...http://plover.net/~bonds/tolkien1.html Check this out...how do people respond to these criticisms. All pretty condescending. |
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Forum: The Books
09-15-2007, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,866
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
09-06-2007, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 4,197
Views: 1,476,464
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tumhalad2
Hey
I've already made a couple of posts in the Book section, so I thought I'd better introduce myself. I'm from Australia, Victoria to be exact, and a great Tolkien fan. I was introduced to Tolkien by my... |
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Forum: The Books
09-05-2007, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 11,025
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tumhalad2
Personally, I think that there is not necisarilly...
Personally, I think that there is not necisarilly any absolute 'good' in middle earth, rather Evil and non-Evil. both these are ultimately choices, and the closest that good can come to may be... |
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Forum: The Books
09-05-2007, 05:26 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,866
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tumhalad2
David Brin's criticisms:confused: Hey Tolkien fans I was reading David Brin's critique on The Lord of the Rings recently and I have been having what one might call a 'crisis of faith'. It seems to me that Tolkien... |
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