The Downs is a hit in Boston! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mithadan*** · 12-20-2001, 07:57 AM

The Downs has been listed as a Tolkien "mega-site" by Boston.com. Check it out here

kittiewhirl1677 · 05-27-2003, 03:03 PM

That is SO cool! Especially since I live in Boston, so I have to visit the site all the time for many purposes. I expect the Barrow Downs will be having a LOT more people join in soon...?

GaladrieloftheOlden · 05-27-2003, 03:20 PM

Wow, that's amazing! And I was thinking me and kittie were the only ones here who even knew about the Downs... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

~Menelien

Edit: Here in Boston, duh. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ May 27, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]

kittiewhirl1677 · 05-27-2003, 03:22 PM

Izzy, you meant that you and I were the only ones who knew about the Downs in Boston, right? Because as you've probably told ME millions of times the Downs is known to exhist by many people...

peony_foxburr · 05-27-2003, 04:18 PM

Yo, Chelmsford is an exurb of Boston... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Bêthberry · 05-27-2003, 04:50 PM

That's quite an accolade, Mithadan. Many deserved Kudos to the Barrow Wight, yourself, and the other Administrations for creating and maintaining this site.

That New York Times Archive is also a valuable link to have. I have been trying to find Auden's review for some time, not with any strenuous effort mind you, but nonetheless with some interest. Thanks, Mithadan.

An interesting statement about the genre which LOTR belongs to:

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For anyone who likes the genre to which it belongs, the Heroic Quest, I cannot imagine a more wonderful Christmas present. All Quests are concerned with some numinous Object, the Waters of Life, the Grail, buried treasure etc.; normally this is a good Object which it is the Hero's task to find or to rescue from the Enemy, but the Ring of Mr. Tolkien's story was made by the Enemy and is so dangerous that even the good cannot use it without being corrupted.

[ May 28, 2003: Message edited by: Bêthberry ]

Birdland · 05-27-2003, 11:30 PM

Thanks Mith! And you're right, B-Berry. The Times archive is a goldmine. I particularly like the 1967 Tolkien interview A Prevalence of Hobbits.

Hmmmmmm, now let's see if Lush can get us banned in Boston. Then we'll really know we've "made it".

GaladrieloftheOlden · 05-28-2003, 02:36 AM

I'm just wondering how they got ahold of the name of the Barrow Downs over here, cause, I swear, there's nobody who knows about it here! (Except kittie and peony and myself [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]). I'm just wondering how they choose which sites to post... or does it have nothing to do with the state, and this is just US wide?

Confused,
~Menelien

Brinniel · 05-28-2003, 05:43 PM

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I'm just wondering how they got ahold of the name of the Barrow Downs over here

They probably found The Barrow-Downs listed on some search page.

I've always known that the BD is the best Tolkien site EVER, so of course we're listed.

12-20-2001, 07:57 AM	#1
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,314	The Downs is a hit in Boston! The Downs has been listed as a Tolkien "mega-site" by Boston.com. Check it out here __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

05-27-2003, 03:03 PM	#2
kittiewhirl1677 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Living Hell Posts: 255	That is SO cool! Especially since I live in Boston, so I have to visit the site all the time for many purposes. I expect the Barrow Downs will be having a LOT more people join in soon...? __________________ The world was young, the mountains green. No stain yet on the moon was seen. No words were laid on stream or stone, When Durin woke and walked alone...

05-27-2003, 03:20 PM	#3
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	Wow, that's amazing! And I was thinking me and kittie were the only ones here who even knew about the Downs... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] ~Menelien Edit: Here in Boston, duh. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [ May 27, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ] __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

05-27-2003, 03:22 PM	#4
kittiewhirl1677 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Living Hell Posts: 255	Izzy, you meant that you and I were the only ones who knew about the Downs in Boston, right? Because as you've probably told ME millions of times the Downs is known to exhist by many people... __________________ The world was young, the mountains green. No stain yet on the moon was seen. No words were laid on stream or stone, When Durin woke and walked alone...

05-27-2003, 04:18 PM	#5
peony_foxburr Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Trollshaws/RdtoR 354 miles Posts: 91	Yo, Chelmsford is an exurb of Boston... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water." -The Return of the King

05-27-2003, 11:30 PM	#7
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Thanks Mith! And you're right, B-Berry. The Times archive is a goldmine. I particularly like the 1967 Tolkien interview A Prevalence of Hobbits. Hmmmmmm, now let's see if Lush can get us banned in Boston. Then we'll really know we've "made it".

05-28-2003, 02:36 AM	#8
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	I'm just wondering how they got ahold of the name of the Barrow Downs over here, cause, I swear, there's nobody who knows about it here! (Except kittie and peony and myself [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]). I'm just wondering how they choose which sites to post... or does it have nothing to do with the state, and this is just US wide? Confused, ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."