12-23-1999, 08:51 PM | #21 |
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Well, I can't find my copy of the Sil But I believe his name was Irmo (Unless that was Lorien...)
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12-23-1999, 09:05 PM | #22 |
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I can't find the "brave heart" reference in ROTK but I'm fairly sure now it refers to Eowyn. Irmo was Lorien.
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12-23-1999, 09:10 PM | #23 |
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Thought so :P It's Namo then...
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12-24-1999, 12:58 AM | #24 |
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Now you've got it!
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12-24-1999, 03:17 AM | #25 |
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"Brave heart" is found in ROTK, p82ish, when Faramir is fleeing the Dark Rider.
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01-06-2000, 12:46 AM | #26 |
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I've got a question for you all here... Tolkien corresponded with a reader who shared the namesake of a major character in LOTR. What was his/her name? (Character or person, doesn't matter - same anyway)
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01-06-2000, 01:57 PM | #27 |
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Sam Gamgee!!! Saw that when I was skimming through Letters the other day! Good question!
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01-06-2000, 07:51 PM | #28 |
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Actually, I also read somewhere - I don't know where - that after corresponding with the real Sam Gamgee, Tolkien joked that he feared receiving a letter from an "S. Gollum".
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01-07-2000, 01:59 AM | #29 |
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cool! About the tunnels: the 7 gates alternated between two corners of the city, and the people had to go back and forth across that side of the city between gates. There was a spur of the mountain jutting out right in the middle, so the main road was built through it in tunnels. Actually, now that I think about it, there were probably only 6. It describes this at the beginning of RotK. Not to offend anyone, but that's why I like LotR better than Sil--it's amazingly descriptive, and the story seems much more real.
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01-07-2000, 02:51 AM | #30 |
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Yeah, sometimes I think of the Sil as a history book - just the facts, few details or "fleshing out" of characters. LotR is more of a story. It was very good, though, of course
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01-08-2000, 09:26 PM | #31 |
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Eruve, which Letters are you referring to? Letters from Father Christmas or The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien? Have you heard of the latter book? Has anyone? I gave that book to someone a long time ago, and I have been looking for it ever since....
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01-09-2000, 01:10 AM | #32 |
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I meant The Letters of JRR Tolkien. Never lend books! I learned the hard way in high school, when I convinced a friend to read LOTR. I leant her my copies and only got Fellowship back. I never saw the other two volumes again!
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01-09-2000, 02:18 AM | #33 |
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Yeah, I lost my first copy of LOTR the same way....but I did not lend The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, I gave it as a gift. You wouldn't happen to know where to get a copy? I have checked and I don't believe it is in print anymore.
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01-09-2000, 02:03 PM | #34 |
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anduin, you're the second person who's told me that (about Letters being unavailable). That surprises me because I only bought my copy around 3 years ago. I got it in a regular bookshop. But I live in Canada; maybe it's no longer available in the US... My edition is published by Harper Collins and comes direct from London. Have you tried Amazon? If not, I think Chapters has a website where you can order books. Chapters is a Canadian bookstore. I think the url is something like <A HREF=http://www.chapters.ca >http://www.chapters.ca </A>. Good luck! Edited to add: I just checked the Chapters site and it's available here in Canada and can be ordered from their site.
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01-09-2000, 03:27 PM | #35 |
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Yeah, I have tried amazon.com. I even signed up to be emailed if it ever becomes available at auction, but I haven't heard anything yet. I may just ask if my friend still has the book, and if he would be interested in selling it to me or something...
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01-10-2000, 12:10 AM | #36 |
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Books about Tolkien and Middle-earth Don't accidentally order Bored of the Rings...
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01-10-2000, 01:09 AM | #37 |
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Is that a comment directed towards the book? I mean, is it worth even bothering about?
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01-14-2000, 09:41 PM | #38 |
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I haven't read it but I heard it's fairly funny.
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01-14-2000, 11:31 PM | #39 |
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Bored of the Rings had authentic humor for some portions. But the *comedians* may have just as well used the HTML tags [we'retiredofwritingthisdamnbookwepromiseddammit,ju ststopreadingandgiveusyourmoney] and [/we'retiredofwritingthisdamnbookwepromiseddammit,ju ststopreadingandgiveusyourmoney] for the sections where they ran out of Actual Witâ„¢. I chuckled for some portions, but it required effort. You can always borrow it from a friend.
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01-15-2000, 12:03 AM | #40 |
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Sorry, what I meant is, is The Letters of JRR Tolkien worth trying to track down?
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