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- Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:10 pm
- Forum: Arda Reconstructed
- Topic: Reviews
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This must be a minority, though, right?
I was most struck by this comment by Noad: The 1977 version became a work of lesser importance, a somewhat secondary and, to a degree, synthetic assemblage. In fact it’s a long time since I’ve read it. About sixteen months ago, a professor attending the annual Tolkien conference at the University o...
- Fri May 29, 2009 3:20 pm
- Forum: Arda Reconstructed
- Topic: Reviews
- Replies: 160
- Views: 285040
- Tue May 26, 2009 3:42 pm
- Forum: Arda Reconstructed
- Topic: Reviews
- Replies: 160
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Objective, subjective, relative?
I agree with Jason Fisher, that everyone of us has its own "Silmarillion". Agreeing with him I could not notice one point. His notion is, that there is no objective way to recreate work of JRRT. And again to a great extent he is right, to great extent, but not totally. [...] There is no l...
- Tue May 26, 2009 3:32 pm
- Forum: Arda Reconstructed
- Topic: Reviews
- Replies: 160
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Bailing out a sinking Shippey
Just a quick reply to one particular point: To me, something does seem inappropriate here: the emphasis on Shippey’s eminence. Either his work is worth responding to or it’s not – you don’t need to appeal to his reputation. It may be this puffing up of Shippey that suggests to Fisher that your main ...
- Thu May 07, 2009 5:13 pm
- Forum: Arda Reconstructed
- Topic: History of the Silmarillion vs. History of Middle-earth
- Replies: 37
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Carl, thanks very much for sharing (with permission) Christopher Tolkien's statements regarding Doug's book. I read those with great interest indeed, particularly as concerns the 2600-page History of The Silmarillion — wouldn't we all love a chance to take a look at that! But may I add: I now know -...