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- Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:09 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Pauline Baynes passes away
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9131
- Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:50 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 4: A Short Cut to Mushrooms
- Replies: 67
- Views: 104361
I found Maggot's name somewhat off-putting despite the character being quite sharp. The reference to ale got me thinking a little. There are references to alcohol based beverages throughout the book, mostly beer of some variety but also wine. What about hard liquor? I’m not sure there would be much ...
- Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:37 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 2: The Shadow of the Past
- Replies: 124
- Views: 137536
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:12 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 4: A Short Cut to Mushrooms
- Replies: 67
- Views: 104361
I led the discussion of this chapter on another board so I'm going to pull a few things from that if that is okay. The dialogue between Frodo and Pippin at the beginning of the chapter seems to have several levels. There are several levels to this exchange. There is humor with Pippin playing the par...
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:43 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Life-Giving Ladies: Women in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18021
Quick post
Let me state up front that I am related to Sandra. I have a copy of the original essay. A few quick things before I come back to post a little more. 1. An entire paragraph was cut from the essay that might have helped her arguments 2. Her footnotes were eliminated, again, hurting her arguments. 3. H...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:07 am
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: How will PJ adapt the Hobbit?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20560
- Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:45 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Words, Phrases & Passages in the Lord of the Rings
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17977
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:38 am
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: PJs Movies - Did he touch other material besides LotR?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 22822
- Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:59 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: LOTR, Hope, and the Theory of Courage
- Replies: 73
- Views: 38435
- Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:17 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Túrin's story and Tolkien's conception of God
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14325
This came up during our smial discussion of the book. Nienor looks like a female version of Húrin! Did he forget what his father looked like? Or what the women of Dor-lómin looked like? Wouldn't Nienor at least look familiar? And while that might not have ultimately stopped the marriage, maybe Túrin...
- Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5392
- Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:53 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Silmarillion Discussion at The Hall of Fire
- Replies: 511
- Views: 209247
- Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Mythopoeic Society Conference in Berkeley August 2007
- Replies: 65
- Views: 54775
- Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:10 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Mythopoeic Society Conference in Berkeley August 2007
- Replies: 65
- Views: 54775
- Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:49 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: Purism - Quixotic?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 36842
I've been listening to LOTR on CD during my walks. I always pleasantly surprised when I hear dialogue from the book that made it into the movies. Alot was used. Many times it was from a different character or different part of the story but Tolkien's words were used. There are parts of the movies th...
- Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:34 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: LOTR Voted 'Best Movie Adaptation'
- Replies: 47
- Views: 25746
Is Gone With the Wind listed? To me, that film is an excellent example of adapted a rather long and unwieldly book into a smooth linear story. Alot was cut but nothing critical to the main relationships between Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley and Melanie. Oliva de Havillad's Melanie is so much better than t...
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:22 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Pride: Vice and Virtue (Beren)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 25574
Beren
I'm not sure how to change the topic header to alert people of the new sections. We now turn our attention to the character of Beren. I’m doing this in two parts since Beren’s was at first an elf then later a man. This is all material from the Book of Lost Tales II “Now Beren was a Gnome, son of Egn...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:33 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Pride: Vice and Virtue (Beren)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 25574
- Mon May 28, 2007 4:55 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Silmarillion Discussion at The Hall of Fire
- Replies: 511
- Views: 209247
- Wed May 23, 2007 11:39 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Pride: Vice and Virtue (Beren)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 25574
Ah but the how is the key. Túrin may have still come to ruin but had he made different choices maybe he wouldn't have taken so many innocent lives with him. In regards to free will, I believe the characters make choices as we all do. But Eru will take that choice and turn it to the good. Perhaps a g...