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Post by Stormrider on Jan 3, 2017 10:41:00 GMT -6
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Post by Andorinha on Jan 3, 2017 13:38:21 GMT -6
Thanks, Stormy!
Hmm, is today 125 birthdays for JRRT?
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 3, 2017 14:16:52 GMT -6
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Post by Stormrider on Jan 3, 2017 15:02:47 GMT -6
Interesting article getting the Grandson's impression (what he remembers of him anyway) of his grand-dad. Even though JRRT never spoke about the battles (as most war vets do not), LOTR certainly was descriptive and reflected the Professor's vision and feelings about them and the inventions of modern industrial gadgets to make life "easier" for people. Simon was gifted with the LOTR books to guide him in his own writings. It would have been difficult to write about WWI without being there himself and since he had never realized he had a desire to write about WWIwhile he was young that he should ask his grand-dad about them.
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Post by Andorinha on Aug 7, 2022 6:55:20 GMT -6
Finally got around to seeing how Simon Tolkien "reads." Going through a preview, online copy -- LOL, yes, hoping there would be wise-sad Elves, and green passages about forests that had vanished long ago, and the trickling, plashing magics of some clean water's flow... Well, it is not "middle-earth," but Simon produces a pleasing flow of words that do create rich mental images, so I just may seek a used copy and try him to the book's conclusion. www.google.com/books/edition/No_Man_s_Land/c_EqDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT6&printsec=frontcover
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Post by Stormrider on Aug 8, 2022 6:54:47 GMT -6
Ah, a link to his book. Thanks, Andy. I will load on my laptop and do some reading.
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