Sorry for my mistake guys.
I had originally posted this thread in the books and it was moved here because 'The Books' are only meant for Tolkien books. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
"What's new" you ask?
Well....
I have completed 15 proper (That means I have done them properly on the computer) genealogies and only have about another 20 or more I think to do.
I have also done three (yes that's right) three calendars. I have done The Shire Reckoning (With proper weekdays and months) Bree Reckoning and King's Reckoning. I only have to do Steward's Reckoning, Dúnedain Reckoning, Calendar of Rivendell and New Reckoning.
I am having most trouble with New Reckoning as I found that some sources say one thing while others would say totally different things and it doesn't make sense!!
Anyway...A friend of mine and fellow Barrow-downer Iargwath (I think that's how you spell it) is doing the front cover (even though I haven't finished the book!). At the moment we are still deciding what to do (We are thinking of a Helmet dominating the cover, maybe with a white background or laying in the midst of a battle).
I am trying to stray away from scenes in Lotr, Hobbit and Silm as this book is about Middle-Earth.
A new thing I have done is the name or title of the book which I have decided to call "The Road to Middle-Earth".
The reason for this?
Because I have always thought that Tolkien liked the idea of roads and paths. In the Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo tells Frodo that the same road from Hobbiton leads to Rivendell and on to Esgaroth. Then we also have the paths of the dead. So in a sense, Roads can take us to danger and away from danger depending on the direction you take.
Also I feel as if Tolkien made his own path to M-E by bricks (Metaphoricly speaking his ideas and his way of story telling.
Another thing that I am adding to the book is a list of Middle-Earth names and their meanings.
Anyway,
Better get back to it.
Cya
[ January 03, 2003: Message edited by: Aragorn_the_Ranger ]
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