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Forum: The Books
09-04-2006, 01:41 PM
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Forum: The Books
09-04-2006, 01:34 PM
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davem
I'm not sure the Church Pullman depicts in HDM...
I'm not sure the Church Pullman depicts in HDM bears any relation to the real Church at all. He has effectively created a twisted caricature of the Church which retains only the negative aspects &... |
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Forum: The Books
08-28-2006, 08:17 AM
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Or you could send him his own statements back but...
Or you could send him his own statements back but replacing 'Tolkien' & 'LotR' with 'Pullman' & 'HDM' & see if he consider's them insulting.... |
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Forum: The Books
08-25-2006, 02:29 PM
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Have a chat with Mr Pullman:
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Have a chat with Mr Pullman: http://www.philip-pullman.com/about_the_writing.asp |
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Forum: The Books
08-25-2006, 02:17 PM
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I think anyone who thinks the Narnia books are ...
I think anyone who thinks the Narnia books are 'deep' but LotR is not is a bit shallow. |
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Forum: The Books
08-25-2006, 10:40 AM
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I would think the fact that he has looked for...
I would think the fact that he has looked for 'meaning' in it, found none & therefore dismissed it as 'spun candy' rather than simply being able to enjoy it for what it is, not to mention that he has... |
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Forum: The Books
08-25-2006, 07:37 AM
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Well, I think there's a difference between what...
Well, I think there's a difference between what he says & what he actually does. He may condemn the analytical method but he still cannot resist breaking the story apart to find out what it 'means',... |
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Forum: The Books
08-25-2006, 02:09 AM
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I think Pullman's analysis of Christianity is a...
I think Pullman's analysis of Christianity is a frankly a bit silly. As an athiest with an axe to grind one cannot reallly expect an unbiassed analysis from him but his statements are hardly even... |
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Forum: The Books
08-21-2006, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 160
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I also note that the new Bond, Daniel Craig, is...
I also note that the new Bond, Daniel Craig, is to play Lord Asriel. 'The name's Asriel. Lord Asriel. Licensed to kill (God)' Wonder if they'll get Shirley Bassey to sing the theme song: 'Lord... |
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Forum: The Books
08-20-2006, 04:06 AM
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This is the kind of thing I was trying to get at...
This is the kind of thing I was trying to get at in my earlier post (no 108 (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=484444&postcount=108)) I'm not sure whether it takes us too far off topic,... |
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Forum: The Books
08-17-2006, 01:14 PM
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She keeps doing this on the bus. Its very...
She keeps doing this on the bus. Its very embarrassing (sigh) |
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Forum: The Books
08-17-2006, 12:50 PM
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Been scouting around & found a reference to a...
Been scouting around & found a reference to a conversation between Tolkien & one of his collaborators referenced in Splintered Light by Verlyn Flieger: Fliger comments: Now, in relation to... |
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Forum: The Books
08-17-2006, 05:57 AM
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Pullman & Moorcock are clearly 'mannish' in their...
Pullman & Moorcock are clearly 'mannish' in their approach both to fantasy & 'real life'. This leads them, I think, to be blind to the faults inherent in an overly Mannish approach to life. Tolkien... |
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Forum: The Books
08-17-2006, 04:22 AM
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Perspective is inevitable. But I think Tolkien's...
Perspective is inevitable. But I think Tolkien's perspective is that change is inevitable, yet it is change away from perfection (it is an 'Elvish' perspective as Flieger has pointed out). The... |
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Forum: The Books
08-16-2006, 03:09 PM
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He may enter Faery unscathed, but he certainly...
He may enter Faery unscathed, but he certainly doesn't leave it that way. It changes him & those around him & on his final return from Faery he is filled with loss & regret & a knowledge that 'there... |
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Forum: The Books
08-16-2006, 11:17 AM
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It seems to me that both Pullman & Moorcock are...
It seems to me that both Pullman & Moorcock are criticising LotR for an absence of any 'message'. Pullman's comment that it is 'spun candy' that it is trivial, that it has nothing to say to us... |
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Forum: The Books
08-16-2006, 12:06 AM
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I don't see that 'not being at all comfortable...
I don't see that 'not being at all comfortable with industrial development' makes one a bad person - one could even argue it makes one a good person. I prefer wild countryside to urban sprawl - shoot... |
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Forum: The Books
08-15-2006, 12:59 PM
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Not sure what you're referring to there. WW1? If...
Not sure what you're referring to there. WW1? If so I think there's a bit of revisionism present in your analysis. It was as necessary to stop German expansionism in 1914 as it was in 1939. The... |
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Forum: The Books
08-15-2006, 09:14 AM
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If you click the link in my sig you'll be able to...
If you click the link in my sig you'll be able to read a lecture by Pullman, not simply quotes taken out of context. |
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Forum: The Books
08-15-2006, 08:32 AM
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I don't think Tolkien's work could be described...
I don't think Tolkien's work could be described as 'as an escapist form of literature that glories a past', certainly not in the simplistic sense Moorcock implies. If anything John Garth's theory re... |
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Forum: The Books
08-15-2006, 07:17 AM
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But surely the 'opinion' they are expressing is...
But surely the 'opinion' they are expressing is as I stated? |
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Forum: The Books
08-15-2006, 03:43 AM
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More from Mr M....
More from Mr M. http://www.corporatemofo.com/stories/Moorcock1.htm As far as I'm aware neither Pullman nor Moorcock have been through the kind of experience Tolkien had on the Somme. Don't know if... |
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Forum: The Books
08-14-2006, 12:40 PM
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And now for a word or two from Michael Moorcock...
And now for a word or two from Michael Moorcock (http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.html?id=953#). |
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Forum: The Books
08-10-2006, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 160
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Well, you can use the word 'soul' but don't you...
Well, you can use the word 'soul' but don't you have to define what you mean by it? If an individual in a world without a True deity has a 'soul' what is its nature, how does it function & what is... |
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Forum: The Books
08-09-2006, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 160
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I'm not sure how far the Daemons=the Anima/Animus...
I'm not sure how far the Daemons=the Anima/Animus idea can be pushed. In Jungian theory the Anima/Animus is described as being (in appearance) the 'contra-sexual image'. In other words, for a man it... |
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