Introduction - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Marlowe221 · 12-15-2010, 10:29 AM

Hello all!

My name is Marlowe, attorney by trade, from the Southeastern United States.

I stumbled across this wonderful forum a few months ago and have passed many a hour reading the Chapter-by-chapter discussions.

Finally, I decided I couldn't help myself and decided to join in. Please forgive me if I grave-dig some of the Chapter-by-chapter threads - they are too interesting to let them sit! Look for my posts especially in the threads on the first few chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring (they are my favorite).

My LoTR history: I read The Hobbit and the Trilogy for the first time at age 9 (I'm 28 now). Since then I have re-read them on average about once per year, along with sporadic chapters or passages in between full runs. I have only read The Sil twice and I must humbly confess to not having read Children of Hurin or Unfinished Tales at all.

I also play Lord of the Rings Online (not sure what the feeling on that is here so please don't hold it against me).

Edit: /forehead slap/ My bad... didn't see the sticky for intros...

Pitchwife · 12-15-2010, 12:05 PM

Welcome to the Downs, Marlowe221 (not related to Philip or Christopher by any chance, I presume?) ! Help yourself to a cup of distilled fog and some mouldy cakes and enjoy being dead!

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Originally Posted by Marlowe221

Please forgive me if I grave-dig some of the Chapter-by-chapter threads - they are too interesting to let them sit!

Do so, by all means! There's many a nugget to be unearthed there. (Ah, I see you already have.)

Rumil · 12-15-2010, 01:09 PM

Welcome to the Downs Marlowe,

those old Chapter by Chapter threads need waking up, they've slumbered far too long!

Cheers,

Rumil

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-15-2010, 03:57 PM

Hi, Marlowe! Welcome to the Downs - it's not a problem that you started this thread. I can easily integrate it into the sticky one for newcomers. I'll leave it as is for a day or so, then merge it. Look for further greetings there.

As to the Chapter-by-Chapter threads, they've been left open with the intention that new members can join in the discussions there. I look forward to reading your contributions!

***Mithadan*** · 12-15-2010, 07:13 PM

Welcome Marlowe. Enjoy our boards! By the way, I am also an attorney in the Southeast US.

Galadriel55 · 12-15-2010, 07:41 PM

Hi Marlowe! I also read LOTR for the first time when I was nine. And I also reread it aproximately once a year ever since! I haven't read the Unfinished Tales either, and neither did a lot of Downers, so don't worry about that!

Mithalwen · 12-15-2010, 07:55 PM

Welcome Marlowe. Don't worry about not having read everything. Don't worry about not having read everything - I haven't read all of the History of ME and virtually nothing not ME related by Tolkien.

I heartily reccomend Unfinished Tales though even though it is fragmentary. Much concerns LOTR rather than the Silmarillion and if you want to know more about Wizargs, Palantiri, the battles of the Fords of Isen and Numenore you are i n for a treat.

12-15-2010, 10:29 AM	#1
Marlowe221 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 18	Introduction Hello all! My name is Marlowe, attorney by trade, from the Southeastern United States. I stumbled across this wonderful forum a few months ago and have passed many a hour reading the Chapter-by-chapter discussions. Finally, I decided I couldn't help myself and decided to join in. Please forgive me if I grave-dig some of the Chapter-by-chapter threads - they are too interesting to let them sit! Look for my posts especially in the threads on the first few chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring (they are my favorite). My LoTR history: I read The Hobbit and the Trilogy for the first time at age 9 (I'm 28 now). Since then I have re-read them on average about once per year, along with sporadic chapters or passages in between full runs. I have only read The Sil twice and I must humbly confess to not having read Children of Hurin or Unfinished Tales at all. I also play Lord of the Rings Online (not sure what the feeling on that is here so please don't hold it against me). Edit: /forehead slap/ My bad... didn't see the sticky for intros... Last edited by Marlowe221; 12-15-2010 at 11:13 AM.

12-15-2010, 01:09 PM	#3
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Welcome to the Downs Marlowe, those old Chapter by Chapter threads need waking up, they've slumbered far too long! Cheers, Rumil __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

12-15-2010, 03:57 PM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Hi, Marlowe! Welcome to the Downs - it's not a problem that you started this thread. I can easily integrate it into the sticky one for newcomers. I'll leave it as is for a day or so, then merge it. Look for further greetings there. As to the Chapter-by-Chapter threads, they've been left open with the intention that new members can join in the discussions there. I look forward to reading your contributions! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

12-15-2010, 07:13 PM	#5
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,393	Welcome Marlowe. Enjoy our boards! By the way, I am also an attorney in the Southeast US. __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

12-15-2010, 07:41 PM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,491	Hi Marlowe! I also read LOTR for the first time when I was nine. And I also reread it aproximately once a year ever since! I haven't read the Unfinished Tales either, and neither did a lot of Downers, so don't worry about that! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

12-15-2010, 07:55 PM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Welcome Marlowe. Don't worry about not having read everything. Don't worry about not having read everything - I haven't read all of the History of ME and virtually nothing not ME related by Tolkien. I heartily reccomend Unfinished Tales though even though it is fragmentary. Much concerns LOTR rather than the Silmarillion and if you want to know more about Wizargs, Palantiri, the battles of the Fords of Isen and Numenore you are i n for a treat. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace