New Tolkien Books:updates - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

AbercrombieOfRohan · 05-31-2006, 10:46 AM

Has anyone heard of this? It's a new (as in I've only just heard of it) Tolkien book that my English teacher just recommended to me. He had to pre-order his copy though, because it hasn't yet been published in the United States.

davem · 05-31-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AbercrombieOfRohan

Has anyone heard of this? It's a new (as in I've only just heard of it) Tolkien book that my English teacher just recommended to me. He had to pre-order his copy though, because it hasn't yet been published in the United States.

Yeah - I linked to it in post 8 here. I have it. Very good book.

davem · 06-15-2006, 11:40 AM

More Expense

http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/tolkien/index.html

If anyone wants to treat me my birthday is August 20th, but I don't mind a late present.

Bêthberry · 06-15-2006, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by davem

More Expense

http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/tolkien/index.html

If anyone wants to treat me my birthday is August 20th, but I don't mind a late present.

I dunno, davem, that price sounds more like a group gift for a wedding present. Any likely BD candidates for that?

davem · 06-15-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

I dunno, davem, that price sounds more like a group gift for a wedding present. Any likely BD candidates for that?

I'm not sharing it. A man has his priorities!

Lalwendë · 06-15-2006, 01:35 PM

My Preciousssss

Not far away was his secret bookshelf, of which Lalwende knew nothing, and there in his hiding-place he kept a few wretched oddments, his wallet (a Yorkshireman is careful with his money) and one very beautiful thing, very beautiful, very wonderful. He had a book, a £100 book, a precious book.
"My birthday-present!"he whispered to himself, as he had often done in the endless dark days. "That's what we wants now, yes; we wants it!"

He wanted it because it was a book of power, and if you slipped that book in your hand, you were powerful; only in the full light of Tolkien scholarship could you be seen, and then only by your masterful choice of hard to find Verlyn Flieger quotes, and those would be obscure and confusing.

"My birthday-present! It came to me on my birthday my precious,"so he had always said to himself. But who knows how davem came by that present, ages ago in the old days when such books were still cheap at half the price on e-bay?

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narfforc · 06-15-2006, 11:58 PM

Lal, tell Davem to save his money, The Lord of the Grins will be out by then, and at the bargain price of £99.99 he will have a whole penny spare, now you know how excited he will be having saved that huge ammount, so break it to him gently...............

P.S The book looks good I will have to have it before Davem so that I can quote from it, and he won't know..

Gnash Gnash Garrrr..

I can hear him from here to ear.....

06-15-2006, 11:40 AM	#3
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	More Expense http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/tolkien/index.html If anyone wants to treat me my birthday is August 20th, but I don't mind a late present. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

06-15-2006, 01:35 PM	#6
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	My Preciousssss Not far away was his secret bookshelf, of which Lalwende knew nothing, and there in his hiding-place he kept a few wretched oddments, his wallet (a Yorkshireman is careful with his money) and one very beautiful thing, very beautiful, very wonderful. He had a book, a £100 book, a precious book. "My birthday-present!"he whispered to himself, as he had often done in the endless dark days. "That's what we wants now, yes; we wants it!" He wanted it because it was a book of power, and if you slipped that book in your hand, you were powerful; only in the full light of Tolkien scholarship could you be seen, and then only by your masterful choice of hard to find Verlyn Flieger quotes, and those would be obscure and confusing. "My birthday-present! It came to me on my birthday my precious,"so he had always said to himself. But who knows how davem came by that present, ages ago in the old days when such books were still cheap at half the price on e-bay? ... __________________ Gordon's alive!

06-15-2006, 11:58 PM	#7
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	Lal, tell Davem to save his money, The Lord of the Grins will be out by then, and at the bargain price of £99.99 he will have a whole penny spare, now you know how excited he will be having saved that huge ammount, so break it to him gently............... P.S The book looks good I will have to have it before Davem so that I can quote from it, and he won't know.. Gnash Gnash Garrrr.. I can hear him from here to ear..... __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER. Last edited by narfforc; 06-16-2006 at 12:01 AM.

05-31-2006, 10:46 AM	#1
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	Has anyone heard of this? It's a new (as in I've only just heard of it) Tolkien book that my English teacher just recommended to me. He had to pre-order his copy though, because it hasn't yet been published in the United States.