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Brethil
Half-elven
Sep 8 2013, 12:39am
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I too love the feel of the avuncular, old-fashioned narrator voice in TH. I also enjoy, as Vexx points out, the anachronisms that voice brings into the book, as well as the sense of unhurried telling of an antique tale that it imparts as well.
Is there a Tolkien topic that you have wanted to look into more deeply, and write about your thoughts on it? If so, we'd like to hear from you for the next TORn Amateur Symposium- coming in November. Happy writing!
(This post was edited by Brethil on Sep 8 2013, 12:40am)
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The Narrator in The Hobbit
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vexx801
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Sep 6 2013, 7:30pm
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Well, I seem to remember...
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Rembrethil
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Sep 6 2013, 9:02pm
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In the first chapter
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Hamfast Gamgee
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Sep 6 2013, 10:55pm
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The narrator was a well-established character in Tolkien's literary imagination
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squire
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Sep 7 2013, 1:40am
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Great post Squire
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Brethil
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Sep 8 2013, 12:39am
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I have a rather more complicated relationship with that kind of narrator…
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noWizardme
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Sep 8 2013, 10:15am
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Dating the work
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Brethil
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Sep 8 2013, 10:25am
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Something fashionable in children's fiction of Tolkien's time?
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noWizardme
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Sep 8 2013, 11:21am
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I do also agree with Squire!
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noWizardme
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Sep 8 2013, 11:24am
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A telling modern example of this…
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noWizardme
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Sep 8 2013, 6:08pm
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Into The Woods (1986)
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Darkstone
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Sep 8 2013, 6:38pm
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There are children's books, and then there are just books:
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squire
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Sep 8 2013, 9:55pm
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The "bedtime story" or "fatherly" tone
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noWizardme
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Sep 9 2013, 10:41am
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Surprisingly recent publishing industry discovery - childrens books are sometimes "just books" :)
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noWizardme
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Sep 9 2013, 11:23am
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Go for it NoWiz!
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elaen32
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Sep 8 2013, 2:52pm
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What I really +don't + want to do though is to curtail this discussion now. //
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noWizardme
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Sep 8 2013, 6:05pm
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"The Lord of the Rings, the mash-up masterpiece" - brilliant //
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noWizardme
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Sep 9 2013, 4:07pm
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That's funny..
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aruman
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Sep 7 2013, 6:43pm
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Are you thinking of an editorial interjection into Sam's packing (as the Fellowship leaves Rivendell)?
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noWizardme
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Sep 13 2013, 10:50am
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Aaaahhh yes! That's it, thank you!
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aruman
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Sep 13 2013, 1:47pm
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Interesting idea.
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squire
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Sep 13 2013, 5:07pm
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That seems a very likely explanation…
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noWizardme
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Sep 13 2013, 5:23pm
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“The Hobbit that can be spoken of is not The Hobbit.”
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Darkstone
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Sep 11 2013, 6:29pm
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And "Reader, I married him" //
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noWizardme
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Sep 11 2013, 8:42pm
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Good one!
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Darkstone
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Sep 11 2013, 8:55pm
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The first-person narrator (or editor) is always a bold gambit, I think…
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noWizardme
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Sep 11 2013, 9:17pm
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It can be a good choice for a first time writer.
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Darkstone
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Sep 11 2013, 9:37pm
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Whose on 1st? Whose on 3rd?
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noWizardme
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Sep 12 2013, 5:55pm
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I think 1st person is tricky
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CuriousG
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Sep 12 2013, 6:15pm
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Yes.
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Darkstone
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Sep 12 2013, 6:22pm
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Do you mean that you have multiple narrators? //
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noWizardme
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Sep 12 2013, 9:00pm
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Yes.
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Darkstone
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Sep 13 2013, 1:16pm
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I loved how Tryon used first person in The Other
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Brethil
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Sep 12 2013, 6:26pm
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And that was before M. Night Shyamalan! //
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CuriousG
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Sep 12 2013, 7:04pm
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You may enjoy "Robot", which you will find is in the 2nd person
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noWizardme
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Sep 12 2013, 8:58pm
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Thank you for the link Furincurunir
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Brethil
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Sep 13 2013, 3:36am
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We thinks the 4th person is under-used, doesn't we, Precious. //
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noWizardme
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Sep 12 2013, 8:53pm
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It's tricksy
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squire
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Sep 12 2013, 9:37pm
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Lol! //
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CuriousG
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Sep 12 2013, 9:53pm
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Well done - does look difficult to keep up, except maybe…
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noWizardme
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Sep 13 2013, 6:49am
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or, in the other direction, "Anthem"
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squire
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Sep 13 2013, 10:28am
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I'll claim the 5th - no actually I won't
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noWizardme
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Sep 13 2013, 10:21am
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Omniscience... and pretending lack of it
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noWizardme
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Sep 13 2013, 10:41am
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Well
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Darkstone
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Sep 13 2013, 2:29pm
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