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I have a friend who couldnât past the first 50-100 pages, and canât believe that Iâve read it more than once and enjoyed it.I also couldâve said âEru.â Either way, Gandalf is, of course, not a deity, merely one of the Istari. But Kathy trusts him, and thatâs whatâs important.
IlĂșvatar, Eru, Gandalf. Tolkein as a devout catholic used them all as metaphoric symbols. Remember when Bill Cosby used the line âWhy not pray to my friend Rudy? Heâs not busy. ..Youâll get the same results.â Sometimes ya just gotta go with the biggest name recognition.
They might still be baffled. What throws a lot of people about the Silmarillion is that it reads more like a history book, not a story with a plot line. You donât get to know and follow a group of characters in the same way as in Lord Of The Rings or The Hobbit. The lack of linear plot would make movies a challenge to construct. Not impossible, just a challenge.
Besides the Silmarillion, another (even dryer) read Iâd recommend to all you LotR fans would be Tolkienâs essay âOn Fairy Tales.â When you understand exactly what it was he was trying to create in the Lord of the Rings, youâll have a new appreciation for what a literary masterpiece it really is. Tolkien took all the best elements of ancient epics and fairy tales and incorporated them into a thoroughly modern novel in a way that only a scholar who had lived through Hell in the trenches and bomb shelters of both world wars could have. Exactly where it ranks in relation to other great works may be a matter of opinion, but anyone who dismisses LotR as escapist fluff is ignorant.
Kathy has lost a lot of weight.Royâs beard. His beard? Who does he remind me of? I know! Popeyeâs Grandpapey, when grandpapey was young and his whiskerâs were brown.
Saw the Adventures of TinTin. Some amazing details in the graphic (background) details. And Hugo is still showing. Since New Yearâs. âŠâŠ.. that,,,, that means I still haveâŠtime!
Yes, Tolkienâs faith inspired his writing, but he never set out a plan to build his stories around it. He actually wrote the stories to support the languages he was creating. He needed a world where they would be used. The Hobbit began as utterly unrelated to his tales of the Elder Days. The term Middle earth didnât find its way in until LOTR. Then he had to sort of retro fit them to tie them all together. This included re-writing parts of the Hobbit for subsequent editions, so it would better match up.
wynot about 13 years ago
Iâm with him (the guy, not Gollum).
scottartist creator about 13 years ago
I was tempted to make Kathyâs plea: âIlĂșvatar, give me strength,â but I thought that might be more obscureâŠ
scottartist creator about 13 years ago
I have a friend who couldnât past the first 50-100 pages, and canât believe that Iâve read it more than once and enjoyed it.I also couldâve said âEru.â Either way, Gandalf is, of course, not a deity, merely one of the Istari. But Kathy trusts him, and thatâs whatâs important.
Tue Elung-Jensen about 13 years ago
I see she is letting him keep the beard. Or is this a case of â IÂŽll just need a reason to shave it off in the middle of the night.
scottartist creator about 13 years ago
She gave him a month past New Yearâs, so the day of reckoning hasnât come yet.
jimcos about 13 years ago
IlĂșvatar, Eru, Gandalf. Tolkein as a devout catholic used them all as metaphoric symbols. Remember when Bill Cosby used the line âWhy not pray to my friend Rudy? Heâs not busy. ..Youâll get the same results.â Sometimes ya just gotta go with the biggest name recognition.
RalphZIggy about 13 years ago
If they made the five movies out of the Silmarillionâs major parts, maybe more people would read it.
scottartist creator about 13 years ago
They might still be baffled. What throws a lot of people about the Silmarillion is that it reads more like a history book, not a story with a plot line. You donât get to know and follow a group of characters in the same way as in Lord Of The Rings or The Hobbit. The lack of linear plot would make movies a challenge to construct. Not impossible, just a challenge.
tsandl about 13 years ago
Besides the Silmarillion, another (even dryer) read Iâd recommend to all you LotR fans would be Tolkienâs essay âOn Fairy Tales.â When you understand exactly what it was he was trying to create in the Lord of the Rings, youâll have a new appreciation for what a literary masterpiece it really is. Tolkien took all the best elements of ancient epics and fairy tales and incorporated them into a thoroughly modern novel in a way that only a scholar who had lived through Hell in the trenches and bomb shelters of both world wars could have. Exactly where it ranks in relation to other great works may be a matter of opinion, but anyone who dismisses LotR as escapist fluff is ignorant.
b0mb about 13 years ago
A movie for the Silmarillion would be difficult, yes. How about doing it in the style of a documentary though?
Dragoncat about 13 years ago
âŠand Roy is less than fifty weeks away from having a beard as long as Gandalfâs.
Dragoncat about 13 years ago
(SIGH!) I felt the same way about âThe Adventures of TintinââŠUntil⊠Letâs just say it was not playing in a theatre nearest me.
scottartist creator about 13 years ago
Itâs at our local multiplex (the only one for 40 miles,) but Hugo Cabret came and went in about five seconds.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 13 years ago
as for people calling LotR escapist, who cares. it is simply a great story.
ecboston about 13 years ago
If you canât escape reality in a book for a while & leave the pressures of the real world behind. What is the point to reading it?
Hunter7 about 13 years ago
Kathy has lost a lot of weight.Royâs beard. His beard? Who does he remind me of? I know! Popeyeâs Grandpapey, when grandpapey was young and his whiskerâs were brown.
Hunter7 about 13 years ago
Saw the Adventures of TinTin. Some amazing details in the graphic (background) details. And Hugo is still showing. Since New Yearâs. âŠâŠ.. that,,,, that means I still haveâŠtime!
scottartist creator about 13 years ago
Yes, Tolkienâs faith inspired his writing, but he never set out a plan to build his stories around it. He actually wrote the stories to support the languages he was creating. He needed a world where they would be used. The Hobbit began as utterly unrelated to his tales of the Elder Days. The term Middle earth didnât find its way in until LOTR. Then he had to sort of retro fit them to tie them all together. This included re-writing parts of the Hobbit for subsequent editions, so it would better match up.