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**CoH Discussion** I. The Childhood of Túrin: 1. Ancestry
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squire
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Jun 18 2007, 12:05pm
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begats be boring
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a.s.
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Jun 18 2007, 12:21pm
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As usual, you Prepared!
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Curious
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Jun 18 2007, 4:27pm
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not a big fan of the opening
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Menelwyn
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Jun 18 2007, 6:17pm
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Or you could have the Gaffer
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Curious
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Jun 18 2007, 7:38pm
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For me, a major flaw
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jun 18 2007, 7:35pm
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Seriously, I recently
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Curious
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Jun 18 2007, 7:48pm
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I saw that post and thought it was a great idea.//
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jun 18 2007, 7:52pm
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Doesn't LotR give its ending away? //
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 4:22am
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All these names and thumbnail sketches
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Curious
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Jun 18 2007, 11:40pm
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Húrin, Túrin, Durin.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 4:32am
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The rest of my reply.
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Curious
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Jun 19 2007, 11:27am
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Not quite a throwaway line.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 19 2007, 12:56pm
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Childer of Hurin as a saga
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 19 2007, 5:17pm
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Yes, Beowulf starts out in a similar vein.//
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Curious
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Jun 19 2007, 7:03pm
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But did original listeners of Njal's Saga...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 4:40am
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untimely deaths
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Wynnie
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Jun 19 2007, 12:44pm
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Saga style, plus a question
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Modtheow
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Jun 20 2007, 2:26am
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An answer
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FarFromHome
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Jun 20 2007, 7:01am
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What I like about it in LotR
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Curious
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Jun 20 2007, 12:19pm
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I enjoy the archaisms in LotR too
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FarFromHome
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Jun 20 2007, 2:23pm
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CoH suffers for having multiple styles.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 20 2007, 3:17pm
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Still not satisfied
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Modtheow
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Jun 20 2007, 4:07pm
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"As for the Bears, they throve and multiplied..."
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 5:30am
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But the first chapter...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 20 2007, 5:02pm
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Not so difficult words?
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 20 2007, 5:27pm
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I don't think it's about comprehension
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FarFromHome
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Jun 20 2007, 6:01pm
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The words aren't difficult.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 20 2007, 6:41pm
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Not difficult, by archaic
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 20 2007, 6:56pm
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"easy and comfortable" vs "engaging"
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squire
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Jun 20 2007, 7:28pm
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Yes, there are two different issues here.
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Curious
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Jun 22 2007, 2:09pm
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"Dwelt" for "lived".
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 5:45am
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Well, Eco is a very interesting writer
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FarFromHome
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Jun 20 2007, 7:40pm
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"written to please himself"?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 5:59am
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I've just been reading through
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FarFromHome
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Jun 20 2007, 5:50pm
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Some more "over-written" authors
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 20 2007, 6:09pm
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Tom Shippey uses a similar argument.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 20 2007, 6:45pm
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Tolkien's style
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 20 2007, 4:41pm
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Some really good comments at that link!
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 20 2007, 5:26pm
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*mods up* thanks for that blog link
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Wynnie
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Jun 20 2007, 6:28pm
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The Worm Hour-oh-bore-us
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a.s.
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Jun 20 2007, 8:34pm
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Childer of Hurin are a saga
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 20 2007, 9:27pm
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Why don't people write sagas anymore?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 20 2007, 9:44pm
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yes, but the question is
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a.s.
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Jun 20 2007, 11:04pm
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terse and impersonal = saga
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Modtheow
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Jun 21 2007, 3:03am
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There's subject-matter and then there's style
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FarFromHome
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Jun 21 2007, 9:15am
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The flowers of the wild, the Tigers of Detroit.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 21 2007, 5:49pm
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Yes, I thought about that
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FarFromHome
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Jun 21 2007, 8:11pm
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Of course we are.
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Curious
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Jun 21 2007, 8:52pm
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You can't write bad...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 21 2007, 8:55pm
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But if the style is meant
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FarFromHome
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Jun 21 2007, 9:21pm
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It's worse than dialect.
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Curious
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Jun 21 2007, 10:17pm
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Tolkien liked to hone his writing style by reading it out loud
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squire
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Jun 21 2007, 10:27pm
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At least he never wrote an epic
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Curious
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Jun 22 2007, 12:12am
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"The flowers of the wild" tells/describes a lot more
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 23 2007, 4:27am
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It's a dandy line. //
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 4:33am
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I find it rather prim, Rose. //
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a.s.
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Jun 23 2007, 2:31pm
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hmmm, well. yes.
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a.s.
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Jun 21 2007, 11:01am
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"Much have I seen, and much have I done."
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 21 2007, 11:59am
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ah, yes!
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Modtheow
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Jun 21 2007, 1:23pm
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Stilted = artificial
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Curious
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Jun 21 2007, 7:24pm
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natural and authentic
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Modtheow
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Jun 22 2007, 2:35am
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Well, here's how the
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Curious
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Jun 22 2007, 3:06am
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Now that's very interesting to hear
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FarFromHome
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Jun 22 2007, 8:19am
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Tolkien's choices
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Modtheow
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Jun 25 2007, 12:47am
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What does bad saga-style writing look like?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 6:15am
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I must disagree with the assumption
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 23 2007, 9:58am
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The "simplest" language?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 5:31pm
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the easiest, most familiar
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Modtheow
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Jun 23 2007, 6:07pm
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No, I disagree.
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Curious
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Jun 24 2007, 7:33pm
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Elsewhere...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 24 2007, 9:20pm
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Robert Graves did a great job
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Curious
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Jun 24 2007, 9:51pm
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Letter #171.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 25 2007, 1:27am
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Boy, compared to The Silmarillion
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Curious
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Jun 25 2007, 11:16am
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LotR's narrator...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 25 2007, 2:07pm
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It didn't hit me in the face
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Curious
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Jun 25 2007, 2:22pm
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I didn't make that assumption.
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Curious
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Jun 24 2007, 7:24pm
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well....I said I didn't like it, not that it's inferior per se
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a.s.
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Jun 23 2007, 2:28pm
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Same difference. Sort of.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 5:37pm
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do we have a shared subjectivity?
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 23 2007, 8:27pm
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nicely said!
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Wynnie
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Jun 23 2007, 9:42pm
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Please do!
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 23 2007, 10:27pm
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I would abandon that opening entirely.
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Curious
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Jun 24 2007, 8:22pm
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I get that and
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 25 2007, 5:29pm
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And it is overwhelming without real purpose.
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Curious
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Jun 25 2007, 5:54pm
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Do you like other fantasies?
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Curious
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Jun 24 2007, 8:19pm
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I never called
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 25 2007, 7:26pm
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Unnecessary.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 25 2007, 7:52pm
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hold up!!
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a.s.
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Jun 25 2007, 9:40pm
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LOL !
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 25 2007, 9:50pm
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Your Majesty!
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Modtheow
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Jun 26 2007, 12:20am
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ROTHFL
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 26 2007, 12:43am
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Let me rephrase.
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Curious
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Jun 26 2007, 2:03am
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Proper beginning of discussion
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 26 2007, 3:38pm
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"consciously selected style and language"
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 26 2007, 4:40pm
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After all this discussion, though,
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Curious
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Jun 26 2007, 4:47pm
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I'm glad you wrote that about Paradise Lost.
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GaladrielTX
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Jun 26 2007, 5:35pm
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A poor phrase.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 24 2007, 9:32pm
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Holy Eru! What are we arguing about, again? :-)
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a.s.
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Jun 23 2007, 11:51pm
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Bows to point. Points to bow.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 24 2007, 12:48am
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Sort of like
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Modtheow
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Jun 23 2007, 5:57pm
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Some Tolkienists like to suppose...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 6:05pm
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a medievalist strategy
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Modtheow
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Jun 23 2007, 6:31pm
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Fun!
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 6:46pm
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The fate of modern literature
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 23 2007, 8:06pm
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Many factors influence which literature survives and which literature does not.
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Curious
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Jun 24 2007, 8:14pm
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I hate to be a snob, and
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Curious
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Jun 24 2007, 7:43pm
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Thank-you
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 23 2007, 5:42am
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Tolkien's linguistic skills
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Curious
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Jun 23 2007, 1:07pm
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"they say"
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 24 2007, 5:19am
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More good comments by Simon...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 22 2007, 5:29am
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Fascinating! and depressing
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squire
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Jun 22 2007, 10:34am
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Few other series are multivolume novels.
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Curious
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Jun 22 2007, 1:53pm
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I see
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Wynnie
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Jun 22 2007, 12:17pm
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...said the blind man
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dna
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Jun 22 2007, 8:52pm
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I was cheap
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Wynnie
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Jun 22 2007, 10:06pm
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and easy
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dna
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Jun 23 2007, 12:22pm
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Stop that!
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Wynnie
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Jun 23 2007, 2:13pm
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sorry, but...
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dna
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Jun 23 2007, 10:17pm
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oh, dear
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Wynnie
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Jun 23 2007, 10:48pm
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my
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dna
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Jun 24 2007, 3:03pm
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"geeky"
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Wynnie
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Jun 24 2007, 4:24pm
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Wynnie is right...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 5:56pm
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story-tellers of old
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 22 2007, 7:46am
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Prose: Tolkien vs. Lawrence, Wolfe, Farrell, Fitzgerald.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 3:52am
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laughter & song will be short-lived in this tale
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 22 2007, 7:30am
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Morwen and Rian
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Morwen
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Jun 28 2007, 12:55am
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yes, I ageree
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jun 28 2007, 5:47am
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Morwen the war-mongering huntress?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 7:08am
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Hador, Morwen, Urwen, Hurin
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dna
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Jun 23 2007, 1:29pm
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How can Húrin be “fiery in mood” and yet have the “fire in him burn steadily”
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Stanislaus B.
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Jun 23 2007, 2:07pm
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Where are Marach, Malach, Magor and Hathol?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 23 2007, 5:48pm
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my mistake
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dna
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Jun 23 2007, 9:32pm
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Huor is an easier target for orcish archers.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 24 2007, 9:45pm
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late as usual
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Saelind
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Jun 28 2007, 4:01am
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