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Forum: The Books
08-09-2022, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 704
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Formendacil
I would fear to put all my stock in "the Sons of...
I would fear to put all my stock in "the Sons of the Valar" as a definitive piece of evidence by itself, since it's easy enough to imagine "the Sons of the Valar" as a poetic description of the Host... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
08-08-2022, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 4,158
Views: 778,588
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Welcome, Nacilme! You arrive to a rather sleepy...
Welcome, Nacilme! You arrive to a rather sleepy dell, though I expect we shall see a goodly volume of posting in... oh... about two months, say. Perhaps, however, your new-not-new blood will help... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
08-08-2022, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 3,242
Views: 472,608
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If I bought solar panels for all the spam calls I...
If I bought solar panels for all the spam calls I get trying to sell my solar panels, I'd be able to power spaceflight... I also consign to Mordor spam texts--either my cell number has been... |
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Forum: The Books
08-08-2022, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 704
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Thanks for pointing us toward the text: it's...
Thanks for pointing us toward the text: it's fascinating to me how Tolkien's late retelling of one of his most curiosity-provoking tales still reads to my own faulty memory as strikingly similar to... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
06-27-2022, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,585
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I have no idea, from a Watsonian perspective, why...I have no idea, from a Watsonian perspective, why the Wight would dress three of the Hobbits in white garments, but my mental picture from a Doyleist angle has always associated the regarbed Hobbits... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
05-01-2022, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 518
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Formendacil
22 Years of the Barrow-Downs!Esty is not around, so someone has to post it. *Looks right... looks left... looks right again...* I guess it's me. The Barrow-downs is 22 years old today! That's something like your... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-22-2022, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 351
Views: 117,282
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This is the truest statement on this thread, I...
This is the truest statement on this thread, I think, and it is arguable that they're getting what they want, if so. If even the Huorns have been roused on the 'Downs, there is conversation aplenty! |
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Forum: The Movies
02-22-2022, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,720
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By the same token (or should I say, "by the same...
By the same token (or should I say, "by the same Tolkien?"), he absolutely, positively... left the door open. Nature of Middle-earth, p.187: The emphasis, if we trust Hostetter, on male... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-12-2022, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,720
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Even beyond Lindon, I would say that "politician"...Even beyond Lindon, I would say that "politician" just isn't really a dominant Elvish mode. The only things that you'd really call politicking among Elves happen during the exigencies of the Elder... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-11-2022, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 4,304
Views: 668,515
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Formendacil
A three-Downer salute! That's quite the honour in...
A three-Downer salute! That's quite the honour in these latter days, and I am most appreciative. |
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Forum: The Movies
02-11-2022, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,720
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Even the Ents are fair to Saruman.
Plenty of...
Even the Ents are fair to Saruman. Plenty of time AFTER the show comes out to rip on the basis of known facts--there's no reason to do it on the basis of supposition. |
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Forum: The Movies
02-10-2022, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,720
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If they really are going to condense the timeline...If they really are going to condense the timeline of the 2nd Age into Isildur's lifespan AND if they're going for "young, impetuous, not yet wise old Galadriel" then, assuming I'm right that they... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
02-05-2022, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,433
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Off the top of my head, I daren't say it's the...
Off the top of my head, I daren't say it's the Akallabęth, "Of the Ring of Power & the Third Age" or Appendix A... but it's one of them. Probably the first. And Inziladun is right that we don't... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
02-05-2022, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,433
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On the contrary, other than maaaaaybe around the...On the contrary, other than maaaaaybe around the time of the Last Alliance, I've always imagined Gondor as the larger force. Some of this is no doubt that it is the Byzantium to Arnor's Rome. Some of... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-20-2021, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,427
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I went to opening night for all three of these...
I went to opening night for all three of these movies, I think. I went into the first as a worried 14-year-old, terribly afraid it was going to butcher my favourite books. I emerged relieved that the... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
11-19-2021, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,694
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My entire 'Downsian tenure (nearing 17 years)...My entire 'Downsian tenure (nearing 17 years) fits entirely into Mithadan's Third Chapter: Post-Movies. As such, I missed the heyday. But I did join pre-WereWolf! Still, I think my experience of... |
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Forum: The Books
11-19-2021, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,319
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I think it's partly a case that, as Tolkien's...
I think it's partly a case that, as Tolkien's metaphysics around Elves got fancier and fancier, he became more and more leary of trying to explain Orks as a tortured derivative of them. Look at all... |
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Forum: The Books
08-17-2021, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,209
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There's an assumption--not stated as...
There's an assumption--not stated as such--running through some of the posts that I think is worth teasing out: namely, that the temptations must have involved the Ring. Is that certain? Obviously,... |
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Forum: The Books
08-16-2021, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,209
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Well, I'll start with a softball: Aragorn, if...
Well, I'll start with a softball: Aragorn, if tempted (since he doesn't seem fazed by anything that I recall and he DOES have a history in Lórien) is tempted as they all are with abandoning the quest... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-25-2021, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 8,472
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I take your broader point about entry into faerie...
I take your broader point about entry into faerie as not being a journey made alone in all cases (though I think that Tolkien's own journey is better characterised as alone than as with companions... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-25-2021, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 8,472
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I suppose, without having defined any terms, I...
I suppose, without having defined any terms, I can't complain of inciting any quibbling! By "private," I meant "not shared." Of course, even that it not strictly accurate: the same star is passed... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-24-2021, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 8,472
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Given how Smith grew out a small story meant to...
Given how Smith grew out a small story meant to illustrate something in Macdonald even as it was turning out Tolkien didn't think Macdonald had things right, and given how he quibbled over Lewis's... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-23-2021, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 8,472
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There was nothing to the same level as the...
There was nothing to the same level as the post-Vatican II change of liturgy, but the tinkering started already during the 1960s (traditionalists have had to fix a date of "nothing after which" and... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
06-13-2021, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,519
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Because of its anomalous nature as the sole...
Because of its anomalous nature as the sole allegory in Tolkien's corpus (to say nothing of the scorn visited on allegories by him) Leaf by Niggle always stands out as somehow the easiest and the... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
06-12-2021, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 11,799
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My desire to reply to this topic hasn't been...
My desire to reply to this topic hasn't been delayed so much as my reading has! The anticipation of Progeny #2 somehow left less reading time than his appearance has, so I am now caught up on Farmer... |
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