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geordie
Tol Eressea
Feb 2 2013, 5:53pm
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- mind you, for a biblionut like myself there's nothing much I like better than wandering round a display of manuscripts, such as was to be found in the exhibition organised by the Tolkien and Mythopoeic Societies at Keble College during the week of 17-24th August 1992. These were not actual manuscripts, I hasten to add; but thirty-six colour photocopied pages of The Lord of the Rings, lent by Marquette and exhibited by permission of the Tolkien estate. I have the programme here - this exhibition was, as I say, organized by the Tolkien Society mainly; the aim was 'to illustrate not only Tolkien's life, his scholarship and his fantasy fiction but also the influence of his writings around the world.' Highlights included the Marquette manuscripts, and also original artworks by Pauline Baynes; and a display of book bindings by Philip Smith. I also remember a display of pages of Wayne Hammond's Tolkien Bibliography, which was something of an epiphany for me - this book is the Bible for collectors of tolkien's works, and I took away an order form and got a copy as soon as it was published. And there was a display of black & white illustrations by Denis Gordeyev, for a Russian edition of TH and Lotr. I particularly remember his picture of Eowyn as Dernhelm, with Merry. These pictures were for sale; a silent auction IIRC, I didn't manage to get one at the time, but I managed to buy the original of Frodo, just lately. It's on the wall behind me as I type. As I say, I've never visited Marquette; but I do have copies of the programmes which Kristin mentions - the time-scheme is very good, isn't it? And there's another, also for March, to be found in Hammond and Scull's 'The Lord of the Rings: A reader's Companion'. I also have a couple of programmes for exhibitions at the Bod; and for the Ashmolean Museum: and also a third one for an exhibition of drawings, watercolours and manuscripts of TH held at Marquette from June 11 - Sept. 30, 1987. This also contains a letter from JRR to a friend called Selby, written on Dec, 14th 1937 in which he writes: 'I don't much approve of 'The Hobbit' myself, prefering my own mythology... to this rabble of Eddaic-named dwarves out of Voluspa, new-fangled hobbits and gollums (invented in an idle hour) and Anglo-Saxon runes.... ' .
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The Jackson Quibble: Is the new Hobbit flick harming the greater good?
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 12:59pm
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Good and bad
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stoutfiles
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Feb 1 2013, 1:34pm
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Anecdotal evidence
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arithmancer
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Feb 1 2013, 1:41pm
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What do you think about the idea
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 1:48pm
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Here's a link, Imin.
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ShireHorse
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Feb 1 2013, 1:46pm
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Thanks
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 1:50pm
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Speaking of Oxford....
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ShireHorse
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Feb 1 2013, 1:57pm
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I saw that....
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dormouse
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Feb 1 2013, 1:59pm
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Not gonna bother now
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Elessar
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Feb 1 2013, 2:06pm
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Why would that be bizarre?
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 2:11pm
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Bizarre?
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dormouse
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Feb 1 2013, 3:48pm
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They are getting that money anyway
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 3:55pm
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Fair enough
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dormouse
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Feb 1 2013, 3:56pm
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wel said dormouse!
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andwise
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Feb 1 2013, 8:34pm
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Agreed. Dissapointing how, to whom, and from what perspective? I
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 2 2013, 3:28am
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I had the same reaction to that opening line ... "let's be honest ... " ...
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Escapist
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Feb 3 2013, 4:59pm
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Aren't people taking these movies WAAAAY too seriously?
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bborchar
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Feb 1 2013, 2:14pm
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It is too serious
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 2:54pm
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As far as CT is concerned...
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bborchar
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Feb 1 2013, 3:19pm
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It's called first world problems, lol
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 3:35pm
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Exactly first world problems :)
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bborchar
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Feb 1 2013, 3:53pm
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You know what i think that is kinda what it is for me
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 3:59pm
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It does end eventually
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Elessar
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Feb 1 2013, 4:16pm
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For me...
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bborchar
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Feb 1 2013, 4:40pm
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I understand that
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Elessar
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Feb 1 2013, 5:04pm
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Try the BBC
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Lusitano
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Feb 1 2013, 5:42pm
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Imin... Unlikely
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Bombadil
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Feb 1 2013, 4:18pm
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Cheers Bomby and Elessar :)
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imin
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Feb 1 2013, 4:44pm
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Cheers
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Elessar
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Feb 1 2013, 5:11pm
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You know. . . you'd be surprised.
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 2 2013, 3:57am
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I have noticed the same.
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Escapist
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Feb 3 2013, 4:57pm
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very well put..
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andwise
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Feb 1 2013, 8:47pm
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We have our own Tolkien culture
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Rostron2
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Feb 1 2013, 3:46pm
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I was quite puzzled
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Kristin Thompson
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Feb 1 2013, 4:28pm
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Solution?
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Bombadil
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Feb 1 2013, 4:39pm
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I agree -
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geordie
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Feb 2 2013, 10:41am
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Manuscripts do not a museum make
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Kristin Thompson
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Feb 2 2013, 3:13pm
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True
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dormouse
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Feb 2 2013, 3:55pm
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True enough -
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geordie
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Feb 2 2013, 5:53pm
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Harm? *snorts* No... not at all
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Rostron2
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Feb 1 2013, 6:52pm
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This article lost all credibility
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Lindele
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Feb 1 2013, 7:05pm
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To be frank
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Feb 1 2013, 7:18pm
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Adaption verses Re-imagining
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Michelle Johnston
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Feb 1 2013, 9:11pm
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Should we listen to Critics
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IdrilofGondolin
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Feb 1 2013, 9:37pm
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How is this any different from what happened in the 1960s?
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Loresilme
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Feb 1 2013, 9:53pm
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Things change
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hutch
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Feb 2 2013, 2:45am
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I'm just going to repeat what others have said...
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Súlimë
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Feb 2 2013, 4:44am
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I bought a friend the Children of Hurin for their birthday because they liked AUJ.
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Escapist
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Feb 3 2013, 5:04pm
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