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Re: Project is still alive...
Gwaihir, to speak plainly ;
not much.
But I think there were some interesting discussions much earlier, which no one [lindil included] seemed to want to follow up on in the new format.
I think the nature of this project differs from pretty much anything else going up on Tolkien boards, by virtue of the fact that it requires prolonged and sustained
research and thinking on tough subjects, and as Galpsi pointed out 'most people comehere to unwind' .
to date my Silmarillion outline and very brief Ainulindale 'thread' are all that has been posted
re: the texts as a whole or
as chapters [as opposed to an individual character] and they have gone completely unanswered . no questions, comments criticisms. zip. and w/ the proposed Silmarillion outline there have been 30 or so views.
Of course anyone [even'peter jacckson' <img src=smile.gif ALT="
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It actually took me several hours in the middle of the night-and was a relatively straight forward production[for a slow typer].
Btw, welcome to the barrow of silmarillion studies by the way -newly reposedShieg!]
Shieg has posted some very interesting ideas and I wanted to wait to post a reply as it often seems that my comments end up closing a thread.
But as no one has commented after several days I will say that the idea of linking the stories by explanations differing traditions and varying states of manuscript preservation is worth some discussion- I am pondering a new thread devoted to the question of setting and literary devices w/ which to place
the stories [aelfwin/eriol from lost tales or as diverging numenorean and valinorean traditions as in 'Myth's Transformed'] but frankly I feel like anything I post is likely to sit and languish and having experienced that plenty, I feel like I have few such attempts at new threads left in me before I despair and just keep my outline tucked away in my Silmarillion for my own private reading[which is what motivated me in the first place- the desire to have an expanded Silmarillion to read to myself and children, and share w/ friends].
Like everyone on this board I have a limited amount of time for this project ,as it competes w/ my family and several other things going on in my life and if no posts of substance appear then my motivation decreases and seemingly at the current level of participation it will die or languish
{an appropriate occurance at the Barrowdowns don't you think? <img src=smile.gif ALT="
"> } till someone w/ greater time/skill/ drive and patience comes along and animates it again.
So having vented a bit ...
I will return to some of Shiegs ideas: A literary context [as mentioned above would probably be well within the interest level of the board as it requires no actual action only abstract discussion <img src=wink.gif ALT="
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and the idea of passing around the relevant texts on cd rom [I think I have this right] is an excellent and probably necessary idea since several folks [our chief included ] have declared there lack of HoME volumes [esp. the essential 10-12 ].I have no scanner or I would offer to do this.
as to a weekend rendevous -Shieg did you mean virtual [ala chat ] or in the flesh?
I really appreciated your fresh burst of enthusiasm
[ I was in your barrow not so long ago !]
I will try and review your post and see if there were any points I missed .
So , my dear Windlord , if you desire to participate; then add onto what is already happening , via comment or encouragement or addition or strart at it from a new angle . I can at least promise I won't be silent towards your posts-as I know how discouraging that can be.
lindil
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