nah the smart ones do like my grandmother did
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 29/07/2010 09:15:14 PM
she collected black lung checks for 30 years after my grandfather died. Yes I come from honest to God hillbilly stock.
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Tolkien as a sacred cow of fantasy
28/07/2010 10:02:39 PM
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Nonsense, at least in part
28/07/2010 10:19:19 PM
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I know there is a polite difference of opinion here
28/07/2010 10:40:42 PM
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Have to agree.
28/07/2010 11:38:37 PM
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It seemed to be that way with Harry Potter just when after it had started to get big.
29/07/2010 09:44:53 AM
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*cough* Twilight *cough*
29/07/2010 10:15:13 AM
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I was gonna mention that one too.
29/07/2010 10:35:17 AM
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Mmm. I read an interesting article actually...
29/07/2010 08:24:04 PM
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That's a fair point, I guess...
29/07/2010 09:18:13 PM
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mmm, except it's relevant to Bella too.
29/07/2010 10:43:03 PM
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That's my point, it's pretty much only relevant to Bella - only there is it shown prominently. *NM*
29/07/2010 10:59:54 PM
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Of course, since she's the main character, it matters rather a lot, yes? *NM*
30/07/2010 09:39:07 AM
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How much do you have to read to form an opinion?
29/07/2010 12:23:28 PM
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To the end
29/07/2010 12:59:25 PM
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my reading time is too scarce to think that way
29/07/2010 01:21:26 PM
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I agree, but HP is a good example of something you should keep reading
29/07/2010 08:27:20 PM
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and I will
29/07/2010 09:13:03 PM
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The books mature as Harry does. You should really give it another shot *NM*
29/07/2010 03:00:37 PM
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He doesn't want to, so why should he? It's not like you or he is losing anything now
29/07/2010 06:15:58 PM
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It is a case of the "someone is wrong on the internet" thing, only much older
29/07/2010 06:27:07 PM
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well you have not failed completely
29/07/2010 06:50:15 PM
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Re: well you have not failed completely
29/07/2010 06:53:38 PM
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one quick question
29/07/2010 07:38:00 PM
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how many books do I have to read to get to the grown up books?
29/07/2010 06:42:37 PM
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None of them are "geared towards grown ups" - it's still a YA series.
29/07/2010 07:03:24 PM
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They're all "light reading" for adults, geared towards YA readers.
29/07/2010 08:29:01 PM
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Re: It seemed to be that way with Harry Potter just when after it had started to get big.
29/07/2010 08:45:58 PM
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it's not supposed to be on par with adult fantasy.
29/07/2010 08:49:16 PM
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I'd argue it's better than Jordan and others from a literary standpoint.
29/07/2010 09:14:07 PM
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I have always thought Jordan had some interesting themes but they were often ignored...
29/07/2010 09:27:12 PM
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I agree Tolkien should not be a sacred cow or put on a pedestal overmuch.
28/07/2010 11:10:37 PM
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I completely agree that there should be no sacred cows, and that applies to Tolkien.
28/07/2010 11:13:39 PM
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all art forms have sacred cows
29/07/2010 01:38:26 AM
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Yeah, it was the line about women waiting at home while their men went to war that made me laugh.
29/07/2010 06:44:34 PM
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women deserve black lung too!!
29/07/2010 08:35:17 PM
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nah the smart ones do like my grandmother did
29/07/2010 09:15:14 PM
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Disappointing.
29/07/2010 04:41:34 AM
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I think you are ignoring the key fact that the Silmarillion was never published by Tolkien.
30/07/2010 01:48:14 PM
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I find the Tolkien lovers to be obnoxious in their never ending masturbatory praise of his works.
30/07/2010 06:09:42 AM
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