Tolkien's "Myths Transformed" - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mithadan*** · 07-24-2000, 01:12 PM

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I think The Barrow Downs would be a fine place to begin this endeavor. But lets look at logistics for a second.

A First Age chronology exists in several forms in HoME. The latest chronology is, I think, in either The Lost Road or the Shaping of Middle Earth (Morgoth's Ring didn't have one did it?). The real question is where does the existing chronology differ from what was published and why?

Lindil, what you have asked me to take on requires a review of at least the Silm., Letters, UT, and three or more volumes of HoME. Let's see..... professional and family obligations aside, I could guarantee that I could have that done by, say, January, 2002. Seriously, I could probably get it done earlier, but a better course might be to put together a list of better-known "regrets" voiced by CT/JRRT. This would give us enough to talk about for a space, and the reading could be divided up to be done thereafter. Once, again we need to agree upon scope. For example, The Lost Tales have somewhat expanded versions of some stories that exist in outline only in the Silm. Imagine a modernized version of the Fall of Gondolin! Or do we restrict ourselves to annotations. Said otherwise, are we preparing footnotes or text (I'm also ignoring legal niceties at this point)? What about material which is strictly a matter of geneology or lingistics? I could put together a "hit list" in relatively short order. However, it would not be fair to participants to launch a significant undertaking without knowing what final product we wish to produce ("Frodo, would you be so kind as to take a little trip with your ring? There's a fine lad.&quot

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We may also want to consider hashing this out outside of this thread. Either start a new thread so that everyone knows what's going on, or hash things out separately and then post for comments and volunteers.

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*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,394	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: The New Silmarillion I think The Barrow Downs would be a fine place to begin this endeavor. But lets look at logistics for a second. A First Age chronology exists in several forms in HoME. The latest chronology is, I think, in either The Lost Road or the Shaping of Middle Earth (Morgoth's Ring didn't have one did it?). The real question is where does the existing chronology differ from what was published and why? Lindil, what you have asked me to take on requires a review of at least the Silm., Letters, UT, and three or more volumes of HoME. Let's see..... professional and family obligations aside, I could guarantee that I could have that done by, say, January, 2002. Seriously, I could probably get it done earlier, but a better course might be to put together a list of better-known "regrets" voiced by CT/JRRT. This would give us enough to talk about for a space, and the reading could be divided up to be done thereafter. Once, again we need to agree upon scope. For example, The Lost Tales have somewhat expanded versions of some stories that exist in outline only in the Silm. Imagine a modernized version of the Fall of Gondolin! Or do we restrict ourselves to annotations. Said otherwise, are we preparing footnotes or text (I'm also ignoring legal niceties at this point)? What about material which is strictly a matter of geneology or lingistics? I could put together a "hit list" in relatively short order. However, it would not be fair to participants to launch a significant undertaking without knowing what final product we wish to produce ("Frodo, would you be so kind as to take a little trip with your ring? There's a fine lad.&quot. We may also want to consider hashing this out outside of this thread. Either start a new thread so that everyone knows what's going on, or hash things out separately and then post for comments and volunteers. </p> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.