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Forum: The Movies 09-28-2024, 09:31 PM
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Views: 3,697
Posted By Bęthberry
Finally caught up and watched this episode this...

Finally caught up and watched this episode this evening. I really appreciate Boro's discussions as they have whetted my interest.

For my part, most of the crappier stuff in "Rings of Power" is...
Forum: The Books 09-27-2024, 08:58 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,548
Posted By Bęthberry
Interesting responses all. Thank you. I have a...

Interesting responses all. Thank you. I have a new context that differs from those of yours.

It was reading The Hobbit to my children. I hadn't realised at the time that I was possibly 'seeing'...
Forum: The Books 09-21-2024, 09:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,548
Posted By Bęthberry
The Hobbit is 87 years old today

The years are creeping up on The Hobbit. It was published September 21, 1937, at the tail end of a decade that saw the worst economic depression in the Western world. Yet its ethos was hardly that of...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 09-12-2024, 09:59 PM
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Views: 1,156,953
Posted By Bęthberry
Happy birthday red, where ever you are. ...

Happy birthday red, where ever you are.

Happy birthday as well to Legolas.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-04-2024, 09:36 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,850
Posted By Bęthberry
I used to think that the chapter "The Scouring of...

I used to think that the chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" referred to the ransacking of it by Sharkey and his ruffians and minions. However, thinking more about the chapter, and particularly its...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 08-30-2024, 01:38 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 26,914
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Eowyn, where's yer trowsers

If we move out of book territory into other media, I nominate Frank Frazetta for his gross depictions of Eowyn not dressed in disguise as a man that moved the fantasy way outside Tolkien territory. ...
Forum: The Books 05-30-2024, 06:28 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,307
Posted By Bęthberry
Let us not forget that Bilbo is prone to thievery...

Let us not forget that Bilbo is prone to thievery too.
Forum: The Books 05-30-2024, 06:27 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,307
Posted By Bęthberry
This online archive of the Dr. Seuss collection...

This online archive of the Dr. Seuss collection mentions Seuss's 1925/26 Oxford University Notebook....
Forum: The Books 04-24-2024, 01:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 20,383
Posted By Bęthberry
There is an alternate timeline out there...

There is an alternate timeline out there somewhere where Tolkien's "New Hobbit" consisted entirely of Bilbo's journey home, and I kind of wish we'd gotten to read it.

hS[/QUOTE]

In the olden...
Forum: The Books 04-22-2024, 07:13 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 22,855
Posted By Bęthberry
I'm not sure what has to be moved off my wallet...

I'm not sure what has to be moved off my wallet to make space for it.
Forum: The Books 04-21-2024, 02:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 22,855
Posted By Bęthberry
An update from the editors, Hammond and Scull:...

An update from the editors, Hammond and Scull:...
Forum: The Books 04-20-2024, 11:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 20,383
Posted By Bęthberry
Great questions, hS. It is possible...

Great questions, hS.



It is possible that Tolkien, philologist that he was, wasn't thinking of our modern usage of prison cell, but of the original Anglo Saxon or Middle English meanings, such...
Forum: The Books 03-24-2024, 09:31 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,824
Posted By Bęthberry
Tolkien Tolkien Reading Day 2024

March 25th is the day the Ring was destroyed. To commemorate that fateful day, the Tolkien Society has established March 25th as Tolkien Reading Day, a time to gather with friends to read favourite...
Forum: The Books 03-14-2024, 02:30 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 22,855
Posted By Bęthberry
I misspoke (miswrote?). It is not "complete...

I misspoke (miswrote?). It is not "complete poems" but "collected poems. Here is what Hammond and Scull have written about it, perhaps to answer some of your questions:...
Forum: The Books 03-13-2024, 02:51 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 22,855
Posted By Bęthberry
Tolkien New Tolkien book coming in September

Some of you might have seen this announced in other Tolkien fora and sites but it is worth posting about it here. Yes, a complete edition of Tolkien's poetry, including several poems not previously...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 02-26-2024, 09:27 PM
Replies: 4,573
Views: 1,156,953
Posted By Bęthberry
1420! in pints

Sorry I missed your mathom day, Morth, but I hope this next trip 'round the sun got off to a fine start.
Forum: The Books 01-24-2024, 06:17 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 41,178
Posted By Bęthberry
Well, I'm back. And have the NuLetters in hand....

Well, I'm back. And have the NuLetters in hand. (I like that spelling very much, thanks hS

In rereading the comments here, I find it striking that the initial and possibly major points made...
Forum: The Movies 01-18-2024, 02:08 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 31,050
Posted By Bęthberry
Eye Running Rings around Tolkien

https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2024/01/18/117354-spy-report-suggests-an-unhinged-season-2-of-the-rings-of-power/
Forum: The Books 01-17-2024, 11:40 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 41,178
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots I've been waiting to reply until I receive the...

I've been waiting to reply until I receive the "Nuletters" (a Christmas gift ordered that apparently has not yet been delivered) so I thank Huinesoron for responding after reading the letter.

I...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 01-04-2024, 10:42 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 4,236
Posted By Bęthberry
Pipe Call for participants in a Tolkien research project

This PhD research survey is being run by Rev. Tom Emanuel, who is a PhD candidate in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow. His phd is funded by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities...
Forum: The Movies 12-11-2023, 01:57 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 50,486
Posted By Bęthberry
Boots Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's likely opinion. This...

Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's likely opinion. This was Christopher's (as quoted in a 2022 Screen Rant article).

I would add to Morth's rant the depiction of Aragorn, full of modernish angst and not...
Forum: The Books 12-09-2023, 02:39 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 41,178
Posted By Bęthberry
Really? And?

Really? And?
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-09-2023, 10:04 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 37,129
Posted By Bęthberry
I would rep you for your speedy and heroic...

I would rep you for your speedy and heroic efforts, Mithadan, but I am told that I have to spread the rep around to others before I can do so.

I was able to rep Estelyn and mormegil.
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-08-2023, 09:23 PM
Replies: 504
Views: 172,568
Posted By Bęthberry
I'm very late to see this. Almien! William Cloud...

I'm very late to see this. Almien! William Cloud Hicklin
Forum: The Books 12-08-2023, 06:37 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 41,178
Posted By Bęthberry
ruminations on some of the new letters

http://https://menelrond.blogspot.com/2023/11/tolkien-and-physical-economy-of-post.html?fbclid=IwAR2lXhXvrX6o2a-L3Jt9KgnrrZMwBIpv-z0a34onU-bgLtgMUPLV7f5pMJA...
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