AccountDeleted Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 This may have been posted alreayd but there is a Twitter feed for Tolkein quotes.... for those who need their daily Tolkein fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3franciscans Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Tolkien is the love of me life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 this man is beyond amesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare~Therese Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) I tried to read [i]The Fellowship of the Rin.g [/i]and [i]The Hobbit[/i] before (I think?) but it's not me cup of tea, I guess. I think I got farther in [i]The Hobbit[/i]? I don't remember anymore. But Tolkien's still a really cool guy. I did a book report a few years ago about a biography of him. Edited September 19, 2011 by Clare~Therese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Was it Humphrey Carpenter's biography? That is generally well done, though it is clear that Carpenter doesn't understand the importance of the Catholic faith in Tolkien's life. Meaning, he knew it was important to him, but kinda floundered to explain it. Joseph Pearce and Peter Kreeft do a better (though still rather limited) job of exploring Catholic themes in his work. And to understand him as a professor of Old English, you'd be best reading Tom Shippey. I've heard high praise for John Garth's 'Tolkien and the Great War' about his time as a soldier in WWI, but I've not yet read it myself. They're making a movie of [i]The Hobbit[/i] for next year, so maybe you'll prefer that to the book, [b]Clare-Therese[/b] . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare~Therese Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 (edited) [quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1316628239' post='2308153'] Was it Humphrey Carpenter's biography? That is generally well done, though it is clear that Carpenter doesn't understand the importance of the Catholic faith in Tolkien's life. Meaning, he knew it was important to him, but kinda floundered to explain it. Joseph Pearce and Peter Kreeft do a better (though still rather limited) job of exploring Catholic themes in his work. And to understand him as a professor of Old English, you'd be best reading Tom Shippey. I've heard high praise for John Garth's 'Tolkien and the Great War' about his time as a soldier in WWI, but I've not yet read it myself. They're making a movie of [i]The Hobbit[/i] for next year, so maybe you'll prefer that to the book, [b]Clare-Therese[/b] . [/quote] I can't remember who wrote the biography, but it wasn't any of the ones you're talking about. Ooooh, movies. I'll have to keep my eyes open for it. Edited September 21, 2011 by Clare~Therese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 Passing along some links I found on the [url="http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/2011/10/here-and-there-25/"]Curt Jester blog:[/url] [quote] Also worth reading is a three part series on “Evil in the Hobbit” by Paul at Alive and Young. [url="http://www.aliveandyoung.net/2011/09/down-down-and-into-dark-evil-in-hobbit.html"]Part 1[/url] [url="http://www.aliveandyoung.net/2011/10/down-down-and-into-dark-evil-in-hobbit.html"]Part 2[/url] [url="http://www.aliveandyoung.net/2011/10/down-down-and-into-dark-evil-in-hobbit_12.html"]Part 3[/url] [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Here's Jef Murray chanting 'Earendil was a mariner,' Bilbo's poem from the Hall of Fire in Elrond's house. Skip ahead to 3:23 if you just want to hear him singing without the intro. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W0e18KknIQ[/media] And here is a choral version of 'A Elbereth Gilthoniel' from the Extended Edition of the [i]Fellowship of the Ring[/i] movie. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AOUjynM1lA[/media] To learn more about the event where these were recorded, check out my thread on [url=http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/116237-there-and-back-again-a-visit-to-the-shire/]ALEP II: There and Back Again[/url]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithLuin Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) As a heads up, the trailer for the first part of 'The Hobbit' is out The movie comes out in a year; part II will be out at Christmas of 2013. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM--4UklaL4[/media] Enjoy Edited December 21, 2011 by MithLuin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare~Therese Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InPersonaChriste Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 One does not simply walk into phatmass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Innocent' timestamp='1281713039' post='2156489'] I spotted a copy of [i]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudr�n[/i] in a bookstore this week, but [color=#ff0000][b]the price was around Rs. [size=5]900[/size]![/b][/color] [color=#ff0000][b]I'm waiting for the price to come down. [/b][/color](Of course, I did splurge on [i]Jesus Of Nazareth[/i] which cost around the same, but that was a special case. I can't keep doing that very often. ) Has anyone read [i]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudr�n[/i]? Any thoughts about the book? [/quote] And finally it has indeed come down to a third of its initial price: [quote] LINK: [size=5][url="http://www.flipkart.com/legend-sigurd-gudrun-0547273428/p/itmczyma4vf9dggp?pid=9780547273426&_l=_rDAK3_6EnAn8Aeej5MDCg--&_r=ruMQKZTAIqGWJCGPSZEOkg--&ref=f383cc12-9ef0-44d7-96d3-abe16e3f44eb"][b]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun (Hardcover)[/b][/url][/size] by J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (Editor) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmh) (May 2009) Price: [size=5][color=#ff0000]Rs. [b]295[/b][/color][/size][/quote] Oh, hooray! Edited February 26, 2012 by Innocent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 And now the price has come down some more. [b] [/b] [quote] [b] [size=5][url="http://www.flipkart.com/legend-sigurd-gudrun-0547273428/p/itmczyma4vf9dggp?pid=9780547273426&_l=_rDAK3_6EnAn8Aeej5MDCg--&_r=ruMQKZTAIqGWJCGPSZEOkg--&ref=f383cc12-9ef0-44d7-96d3-abe16e3f44eb"]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun (Hardcover)[u][b] [/b][/u][/url][/size][/b] [b] [size=4]by [url="http://www.flipkart.com/author/j-r-r-tolkien"]J. R. R. TOLKIEN[/url][/size][/b] Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) (20090505) [s]Price: Rs. 295[/s][color=#FF0000][size=6]Rs. 266[/size][/color] [/quote] All things come to those who wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappo Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Only $2.40 on amazon.com for US dollars . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I love J.R.R. Tolkien. He's such a razzle dazzle guy. Plus, he was knighted if I remember correctly! The coolest thing about him is how Catholic his books are. Father Robert Barron always mentions him and The Lord of the Rings, and you learn so many razzle dazzle Catholic aspects about the books. I know he isn't very popular on here, but Michael Voris has a wonderful video on Frodo and some of the Catholic aspects about him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32o3jbSnN6w&list=FLUGGv5nc6UFvmWHUWaeQDwA&index=7&feature=plpp_video I know it says "The Hobbit" but it is actually about Frodo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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