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Forum: The Books 03-14-2024, 02:30 AM
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Posted By 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:...
Forum: The Books 03-13-2024, 02:51 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 203
Posted By Bęthberry
Tolkien New Tolkien book coming in September

Some 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...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 02-26-2024, 09:27 PM
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Views: 922,006
Posted By Bęthberry
1420! in pints

Sorry I missed your mathom day, Morth, but I hope this next trip 'round the sun got off to a fine start.
Forum: The Books 01-24-2024, 06:17 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,486
Posted By 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...
Forum: The Movies 01-18-2024, 02:08 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 15,980
Posted By Bęthberry
Eye Running Rings around Tolkien

https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2024/01/18/117354-spy-report-suggests-an-unhinged-season-2-of-the-rings-of-power/
Forum: The Books 01-17-2024, 11:40 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,486
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots 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...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 01-04-2024, 10:42 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 660
Posted By Bęthberry
Pipe Call for participants in a Tolkien research project

This 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...
Forum: The Movies 12-11-2023, 01:57 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 28,533
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's likely opinion. This...

Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's likely opinion. This was Christopher's (as quoted in a 2022 Screen Rant article).

I would add to Morth's rant the depiction of Aragorn, full of modernish angst and not...
Forum: The Books 12-09-2023, 02:39 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,486
Posted By Bęthberry
Really? And?

Really? And?
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-09-2023, 10:04 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,306
Posted By Bęthberry
I would rep you for your speedy and heroic...

I would rep you for your speedy and heroic efforts, Mithadan, but I am told that I have to spread the rep around to others before I can do so.

I was able to rep Estelyn and mormegil.
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-08-2023, 09:23 PM
Replies: 504
Views: 130,877
Posted By Bęthberry
I'm very late to see this. Almien! William Cloud...

I'm very late to see this. Almien! William Cloud Hicklin
Forum: The Books 12-08-2023, 06:37 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,486
Posted By Bęthberry
ruminations on some of the new letters

http://https://menelrond.blogspot.com/2023/11/tolkien-and-physical-economy-of-post.html?fbclid=IwAR2lXhXvrX6o2a-L3Jt9KgnrrZMwBIpv-z0a34onU-bgLtgMUPLV7f5pMJA...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 12-08-2023, 06:30 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 2,659
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Does a parody of Beowulf count as Middle-earth Mirth?

http://https://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/2023/11/beowulf-true-story.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3prJadGF_upVGzM5TAnBPhoyk8IjUHGgEHbbfQHlkRl_IFivX44CCl1t4...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 12-08-2023, 06:21 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,635
Posted By Bęthberry
A recent attack of faux ent-wives spam was...

A recent attack of faux ent-wives spam was vigorously and quickly beaten back, so we are not as "tree-ish" as it would appear.
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-25-2023, 02:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,206
Posted By Bęthberry
1420! Tolkien imbibed here

Not a site of the forum, but certainly a place that many Downers had frequented in the past, before it was closed, in memory of Tolkien's days there.

An announcement that the Bird and Baby will...
Forum: The Books 10-15-2023, 07:57 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,486
Posted By Bęthberry
from the website of the Tolkien Society, ...

from the website of the Tolkien Society, https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2023/06/expanded-edition-of-the-letters-of-j-r-r-tolkien-to-be-published/

I wonder where I got the January 2024 date in the...
Forum: The Books 08-29-2023, 12:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,732
Posted By Bęthberry
Intriguing replies, Pitchwife and Morthoron. It...

Intriguing replies, Pitchwife and Morthoron. It is a pity the Downs moves so slowly these days, as it is difficult to give out rep points and be able to return to you both to rep your posts.

Of...
Forum: The Books 08-24-2023, 10:22 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,732
Posted By Bęthberry
In amongst all those snippets from Tolkien's...

In amongst all those snippets from Tolkien's early work, it is intriguing to consider the influence of the story of Väinämöinen and Aino, from the Finnish epic The Kalevala, which had a profound...
Forum: The Books 07-12-2023, 01:44 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,831
Posted By Bęthberry
The Father Christmas Letters are real letters...

The Father Christmas Letters are real letters which Tolkien wrote for his children, each year for Christmas, from 1920 and 1943. They are written as letters from Father Christmas himself or an elf...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-09-2023, 08:36 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,635
Posted By Bęthberry
Tolkien Discussion fora had their heyday as the internet...

Discussion fora had their heyday as the internet developed but then social media sites like Facebook, which were based on RL identities and not pseudonyms, became popular. Their shorter, more chatty...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-03-2023, 02:30 PM
Replies: 996
Views: 322,201
Posted By Bęthberry
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials I...

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

I greatly enjoyed reading Kenneth Oppel's Silverwing series to my children as well as Brian Jacque's Redwall series. And of course Lemony Snicket's A Series of...
Forum: The Books 06-03-2023, 11:53 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,486
Posted By Bęthberry
Revised and Expanded Edition of the Letters

Apparently 150 letters had been cut from the first edition of Tolkien's Letters. Now to be included in a new revised edition.

available for pre-order through the various national Amazons. to be...
Forum: The Books 05-31-2023, 04:27 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,795
Posted By Bęthberry
I agree. It appears to come out of nowhere, the...

I agree. It appears to come out of nowhere, the seeming camaraderie of two in competition to make the most unlikely thing to say.

I think Tom Shippey put his finger on what Tolkien might be doing...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 05-19-2023, 10:20 PM
Replies: 4,512
Views: 922,006
Posted By Bęthberry
Thanks Gal!

Thanks Gal!
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 05-10-2023, 03:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,350
Posted By Bęthberry
I've tried to post here a pic but have been...

I've tried to post here a pic but have been unable to. Cute game.I was looking for Esmerelda Took's place.
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