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Perhaps we can do a series about the EntWives The Shrike Send a noteboard - 17/11/2017 01:48:15 PM

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The light of the Trees fades, the Silmarilii are lost, Numenor is destroyed, the elves diminish and go into West...

The victories of his works are bittersweet in a way that not many other authors achieve. Guy Gavriel Kay probably comes closest.


And yes, there is a pervading sense of melancholy. I do love Tolkien's work though I wonder if he had read Spengler.

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Amazon Making a LOTR Universe Show (Prequel) The Shrike - 13/11/2017 08:17:44 PM 1147 Views
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A Mook sandwich would be tastier. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:05:24 PM 730 Views
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Literatedog likes it too. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 07:36:49 PM 711 Views
Evan Rachel Wood gets even better the further into the story you get Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:41:31 PM 684 Views
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The first paragraph of the article you linked random thoughts - 14/11/2017 02:04:13 AM 737 Views
Yeah, I see that now. Sloppy journalism. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:20:32 PM 703 Views
I was assuming they will ignore the Peter Jackson story line and cast random thoughts - 14/11/2017 03:30:12 PM 695 Views
Nooo AgentApple - 14/11/2017 06:26:01 PM 663 Views
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Beren and Luthien would be great The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:31:33 PM 667 Views
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Perhaps we can do a series about the EntWives The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:48:15 PM 696 Views
Also, if the network wants to go wild with Trump stand-ins they could do Numenor *NM* AgentApple - 15/11/2017 02:44:58 PM 419 Views
In related news, I shouted at the movie screen when a Black Panther preview came on Cannoli - 13/11/2017 11:57:58 PM 781 Views
So essentially, The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:24:29 PM 657 Views
possible theme music damookster - 14/11/2017 07:34:26 PM 714 Views
I feel I should know this. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:06:09 PM 680 Views
You got it damookster - 14/11/2017 11:39:46 PM 639 Views
Whether you're a goblin or whether you're a hobbit you're tired of the rings, tired of the rings *NM* Tom - 15/11/2017 04:27:12 AM 434 Views
Nicely done *NM* damookster - 15/11/2017 04:35:57 AM 401 Views
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I really do love that version of ROTK. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:53:50 PM 662 Views
It's a guilty pleasure, isn't it? Tom - 15/11/2017 04:25:23 AM 651 Views
I have no guilt. I'm done with guilt over what I do like and don't like! The Shrike - 15/11/2017 01:12:50 PM 819 Views
I have to admit to being worried. nossy - 15/11/2017 08:46:57 AM 1289 Views
I think we all are. We have been with these characters for decades. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 01:15:12 PM 668 Views
Everything I hgave seen says a LOTR not a Hobbit prequel so I don't think you will get any first age random thoughts - 15/11/2017 02:42:50 PM 641 Views
Well, The Hobbit is a prequel. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:33:03 PM 707 Views
That is like calling the Fellowship a prequel to Two Towers random thoughts - 15/11/2017 07:09:51 PM 686 Views
It's not really a prequel if it was written before the thing it's a prequel to, is it? *NM* Tom - 17/11/2017 04:19:35 AM 466 Views
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I see your point ... but is it really a prequel without Jar-Jar? Tom - 17/11/2017 02:34:24 PM 685 Views
I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. Rebekah - 15/11/2017 03:33:46 PM 1000 Views
Re: I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:36:57 PM 662 Views
I want them to make 2112 into a movie *NM* random thoughts - 16/11/2017 01:10:23 AM 410 Views
A Temeraire series would seem easier to sell then "the main enemy is mindless space fungus". *NM* Dunstan - 16/11/2017 06:28:12 AM 412 Views
Hmm, not sure what to think of this! Anonymous2000 - 17/11/2017 02:00:36 AM 730 Views
So will tens of millions of other people. The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:50:36 PM 667 Views
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