Sequel to The Lord of The Rings "The Dark Tree" Part 1 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mnemosyne · 03-26-2011, 01:29 AM

Have you tried putting this up on fan fiction sites? Because that's exactly what this sounds like (and that's not meant to be disparaging; most of my work in LotR is in fan fiction, and specifically, Fourth Age fan fiction). The Barrow-downs fan fic site is here: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi, and while it's mostly dead, I can guarantee that I, at least, shall read whatever you put there.

I can link you to some other sites as well.

What do you mean by "though he did not follow his brief description of king Aragorn’s reign"? Are you referring to the aborted sequel "The New Shadow"? Or are you referring to Appendix B?

(If so, why didn't this author merely bump things up into Eldarion's reign? It's not too hard to stay with canon in the Fourth Age, because Tolkien didn't give us much to go on.)

And who's this mysterious "one who will call it"? Because if this follows the metaphysics of Middle-earth, part of that is that everything gets lamer over time. I don't remember the specifics, but one of Tolkien's letters suggests that after Sauron, all of the bad guys in Middle-earth are much more like Sarumans, much weaker and bent on wreaking destruction in their own small area--no Big Olde Conflict the way we get in LotR.

Color me interested, anyhow.

03-26-2011, 01:29 AM	#3
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	Have you tried putting this up on fan fiction sites? Because that's exactly what this sounds like (and that's not meant to be disparaging; most of my work in LotR is in fan fiction, and specifically, Fourth Age fan fiction). The Barrow-downs fan fic site is here: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi, and while it's mostly dead, I can guarantee that I, at least, shall read whatever you put there. I can link you to some other sites as well. What do you mean by "though he did not follow his brief description of king Aragorn’s reign"? Are you referring to the aborted sequel "The New Shadow"? Or are you referring to Appendix B? (If so, why didn't this author merely bump things up into Eldarion's reign? It's not too hard to stay with canon in the Fourth Age, because Tolkien didn't give us much to go on.) And who's this mysterious "one who will call it"? Because if this follows the metaphysics of Middle-earth, part of that is that everything gets lamer over time. I don't remember the specifics, but one of Tolkien's letters suggests that after Sauron, all of the bad guys in Middle-earth are much more like Sarumans, much weaker and bent on wreaking destruction in their own small area--no Big Olde Conflict the way we get in LotR. Color me interested, anyhow. __________________ Got corsets?