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*whistles* Larry Send a noteboard - 15/05/2017 03:51:24 AM

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If you posted about the brilliance of Robert Jordan's writing style I'd have to reassess that conclusion.

I'm well aware that some will even attack Tolkien as being substandard, but I personally find his prose compelling, all the more because he so studiously avoided using Latin roots, so his works sound incredibly English.


I believe I did have a few qualms about some of Tolkien's dialogues, mainly due to not being convinced he fully pulled off integrating the hobbits' speech with those around them, but yes, he did manage to achieve quite a few of his rather ambitious linguistic aims there. That being said, with "edits" and all, I think The Children of Húrin might be his best tale, dark as it is and more dependent on the other Silmarillion texts.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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What's YA? *NM* Aviendha - 10/05/2017 08:43:29 AM 330 Views
This random thoughts - 10/05/2017 09:53:57 PM 875 Views
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LOL Yes. LiterateDog - 10/05/2017 10:01:12 PM 676 Views
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Bah about HP! LiterateDog - 10/05/2017 10:13:02 PM 673 Views
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We've all been trying to finish A Song of Ice and Fire... for twenty years now. Legolas - 11/05/2017 07:22:28 AM 709 Views
Oh right, lol Aviendha - 11/05/2017 09:30:17 AM 736 Views
I'm inclined to say in this case, your first impressions should be pretty accurate. Legolas - 11/05/2017 08:27:26 PM 667 Views
It's a conundrum Aviendha - 11/05/2017 09:26:02 PM 717 Views
Okay, that's pretty funny. Legolas - 11/05/2017 10:18:54 PM 716 Views
I think it was horse-style sex with a 14-year-old Aviendha - 11/05/2017 10:31:15 PM 678 Views
It's pretty explicit and stays that way, yeah. As is the show. Legolas - 11/05/2017 11:01:50 PM 620 Views
You need to read HP. It's for people of all ages. Don't be such a Muggle! The Shrike - 11/05/2017 04:24:14 PM 779 Views
Not you as well Aviendha - 11/05/2017 04:51:47 PM 632 Views
Of course me too The Shrike - 15/05/2017 05:59:08 PM 698 Views
On the one hand I agree with this... Legolas - 11/05/2017 08:22:32 PM 681 Views
I guess I missed the magic random thoughts - 12/05/2017 01:34:48 PM 660 Views
Naah... aerocontrols - 11/05/2017 06:42:05 PM 723 Views
Yeah my old eyes read it as YA. Glad I could start a conversation though. *NM* random thoughts - 11/05/2017 04:52:03 PM 351 Views
Sometimes a basic description of the world isn't so bad. MrFarstrider - 11/05/2017 12:00:10 AM 737 Views
AMEN!!!!! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 12/05/2017 12:45:14 AM 327 Views
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On another note... MrFarstrider - 11/05/2017 12:02:35 AM 767 Views
Oops, the message below is for you. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 12/05/2017 12:48:00 AM 351 Views
Yes, the main trilogy is over..... Anonymous2000 - 12/05/2017 12:47:28 AM 646 Views
Hmm. Aviendha - 12/05/2017 07:13:23 PM 726 Views
The "western" theme was interesting..... Anonymous2000 - 12/05/2017 07:50:28 PM 667 Views
I mostly enjoyed it Tom - 12/05/2017 09:38:28 PM 641 Views
Good thing I'm an exception then Larry - 13/05/2017 12:47:27 AM 766 Views
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*whistles* Larry - 15/05/2017 03:51:24 AM 724 Views
I pre-ordered Christopher Tolkien's latest "milking my dad's notes" book Tom - 15/05/2017 05:36:08 AM 656 Views
I had forgotten about that one Larry - 16/05/2017 01:31:37 AM 637 Views
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