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Fellowship of the Ring 60th Anniversary: How the Masterpiece Reflects JRR Tolkien's WW1 Involvement
Yahoo News ^
| 7/29/14
| Lydia Smith
Posted on 07/31/2014 6:12:04 PM PDT by Kartographer
Although Tolkien vehemently denied the First World War had any direct influence on his fantasy masterpieces The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, fans and critics alike state otherwise. And albeit coincidentally, on the week commemorating the outbreak of the First World War, today marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of JRR Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece The Fellowship of the Ring, the first instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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Funny how so many people want to tell authors what their work is about
To: Kartographer
His war experience could not have failed to affect his fiction, in which the battles map out in textbook War College fashion.
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posted on
07/31/2014 6:16:09 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
To: Kartographer
Funny how so many people want to tell authors what their work is about What else do you expect English professors to do? Well, except for Professor Tolkien.
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07/31/2014 6:18:07 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: KarlInOhio; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; fidelis; JDoutrider; Tax-chick; Altariel; Ann de IL
Obviously the Hobbits were “the naïve farm boys” and the dwarfs “the industrial/mining class” and the Elves were the elite of society.
This is pretty confirmed in the silmarillion with the exceptions of the Hobbits.
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07/31/2014 6:23:53 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
07/31/2014 6:43:44 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(The Jews are waiting for Christ; the Protestants sing for Him; the Catholics eat Him.)
To: Kartographer
Funny how so many people want to tell authors what their work is about Reminds me of the scene with Rodney Dangerfield from the movie Back To School where he gets an F on a paper about Kurt Vonnegut because whoever wrote it didn't know the first thing about Vonnegut, then we find out that Rodney hired Vonnegut to write it.
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posted on
07/31/2014 6:47:20 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Kartographer
For those of you who wonder the why of my screen name.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:00:55 PM PDT
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Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:07:31 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL
Thanks. If I say so myself the photo doesn’t do it justice, to light.
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07/31/2014 7:10:08 PM PDT
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Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
To: Kartographer
So you think it needs more of a worn look?
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:16:46 PM PDT
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GeronL
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To: GeronL
This one is on the wall of my den. It is much darker with a much more ‘Aged’ look. You can make out the details on the map, but when you photograph it the details fade unless you lighten the photo.
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07/31/2014 7:22:26 PM PDT
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Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
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07/31/2014 7:25:43 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL
This is a map of the Hyborian World of Conan from Robert Howard's stories. It hangs in his old house turned museum in Cross Plains TX. You can see the 'aging' mush better.
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07/31/2014 7:32:11 PM PDT
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Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
That map, or one quite similar, was on the wall of my dorm room in 1978.
Maps are cool.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:32:27 PM PDT
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henkster
(Do I really need a sarc tag?)
To: henkster
It wasn’t this one as I drew this one myself. ;-)
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07/31/2014 7:33:18 PM PDT
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Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
That is very cool.
Mordor is surrounded by mountains, did it represent Switzerland?
lol
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07/31/2014 7:34:32 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Kartographer
It was awfully similar. They sold prints at the Indiana Memorial Union.
PS: I've found the World War 2 German daily situatuion maps online. I crop the relevant portions to post on Homer_J_Simpson's daily World War 2 thread.
They are beautiful maps.
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posted on
07/31/2014 7:46:37 PM PDT
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henkster
(Do I really need a sarc tag?)
To: Kartographer
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07/31/2014 8:28:45 PM PDT
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Mamzelle
To: Kartographer
That map is really, really cool.
Here’s a great short essay by Gene Wolfe about Tolkien. He wrote to him in the 60s and Tolkien wrote back. It actually has a little poetry by Howard in the essay, if you can believe it.
http://www.thenightland.co.uk/MYWEB/wolfemountains.html
Freegards from the Tower of the Elephant
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posted on
07/31/2014 8:41:38 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
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