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Tuor of Gondolin · 03-29-2005, 02:50 PM

Hmm.

What if 200,00 orcs, after reading a fantasy novel in which they are
negatively stereotyped as evil guys who get killed by the good guys,
become born again proselytizing American Christian fundamentalists
(say, hare krishnas or Mormons). They go back in time to 1950s Oxford
and try to convert to their cause an Oxford don scholar/writer. This
professor becomes so irritated with their constant knocking on his
door and driving past in cars with bad exhausts he decides to put them
in the fantasy novel he is writing as bad guys who get killed by the
good guys, a book which is eventually read by 200,000 orcs who,
after reading this fantasy novel.......

03-29-2005, 02:50 PM	#56
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	Hmm. What if 200,00 orcs, after reading a fantasy novel in which they are negatively stereotyped as evil guys who get killed by the good guys, become born again proselytizing American Christian fundamentalists (say, hare krishnas or Mormons). They go back in time to 1950s Oxford and try to convert to their cause an Oxford don scholar/writer. This professor becomes so irritated with their constant knocking on his door and driving past in cars with bad exhausts he decides to put them in the fantasy novel he is writing as bad guys who get killed by the good guys, a book which is eventually read by 200,000 orcs who, after reading this fantasy novel....... __________________ Aure Entuluva!