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Magpie
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Jan 27, 2:11pm
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But, keep in mind the focus of the paper
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It's a guide to Races in Tolkien's work and the class is technical writing so I suspect this is an exercise in how to write a guide... not an attempt to write some overall paper on Tolkien. The student/writer will be learning how to write guides and having some personal fun while they're doing it. :-)
That's why I didn't suggest the biography of Tolkien. I wasn't sure there could be much in the biography that would provide information on Races in Tolkien's fiction. I'm also not sure how much Shippey addresses Races, although perhaps I'm forgetting topics he's covered.
And the problem with Letters (although I love the book on its own) is that Tolkien can contradict himself about some points of information. That would be hard to incorporate into a guide.
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I'm a new person with a question but I'm not really sure where I should put it.
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rainy-jane02
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Jan 25, 8:05pm
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why don't you list what you consider to be 'the usual books' ...
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Magpie
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Jan 25, 8:30pm
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That probably would have been smart to start with.
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rainy-jane02
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Jan 25, 9:24pm
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We have a lot of well read people on these boards
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Magpie
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Jan 25, 10:51pm
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another suggestion?
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Magpie
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Jan 25, 11:11pm
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Welcome to TORN. :)
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Ataahua
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Jan 25, 8:42pm
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I'd interpret "secondary sources"
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Elizabeth
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Jan 27, 7:23am
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I second taking a look at "letters"
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FantasyFan
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Jan 27, 1:09pm
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But, keep in mind the focus of the paper
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Magpie
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Jan 27, 2:11pm
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I'm waiting to hear back from my teacher on her definition of secondary sources....
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rainy-jane02
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Jan 27, 2:49pm
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yes... that one book would have to be a library book!
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Magpie
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Jan 27, 4:45pm
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Paul Kocher's 'Master of Middle earth
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geordie
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Jan 27, 5:52pm
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That's good to hear
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Magpie
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Jan 27, 8:02pm
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Thanks, Magpie. :-) //
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geordie
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Jan 27, 9:21pm
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Kocher also happens to have an entire chapter on the races of Middle-earth
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squire
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Jan 27, 8:38pm
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Yes, thanks for that -
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geordie
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Jan 27, 9:19pm
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Thanks to you, too
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 12:20am
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Tyler
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 28, 8:05am
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Onward and upward....
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rainy-jane02
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Jan 28, 8:46pm
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One step forward, two steps back :-)
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geordie
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Jan 28, 9:31pm
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In a pinch
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 10:00pm
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The Tolkien Reader
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FantasyFan
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Jan 27, 12:55pm
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I sincerely hope On Fairy Stories isn't available online -
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geordie
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Jan 27, 5:45pm
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I didn't mean to imply copyright infringement
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FantasyFan
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Jan 28, 1:46am
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Thank you so much. :)
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rainy-jane02
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Jan 28, 4:11am
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Scull/Hammond is a good place to start.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 27, 6:56pm
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Howdy and Welcome!
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grammaboodawg
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Jan 28, 1:01am
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Project is Almost finished at approximately 25 pages.
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rainy-jane02
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Apr 8, 4:33am
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