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noWizardme
Half-elven
Sep 23 2013, 5:50pm
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The song nicely lampoons the problem I'm talking about…//
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Disclaimers: The words of noWizardme may stand on their heads! I'm often wrong about things, and its fun to be taught more.... "nowimë I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' " Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
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Letter #131: In the Beginning
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Brethil
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Sep 17 2013, 4:37pm
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The fall, free will and redemption
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Dame Ioreth
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Sep 17 2013, 7:35pm
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The noble can't exist without the simple
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Brethil
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Sep 18 2013, 12:11am
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Do Fall, Mortality and the Machine seem to be related in this work?
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noWizardme
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Sep 19 2013, 5:49pm
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Perfect summation Furincurunir!
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 1:53am
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When machines fall on mortals
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CuriousG
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Sep 20 2013, 7:59pm
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Guilty TV and other Falls
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 10:28pm
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Machines and mortals
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noWizardme
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Sep 21 2013, 12:26pm
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Missing Mortality?
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Rembrethil
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Sep 21 2013, 4:51pm
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Interesting question Rem
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Brethil
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Sep 21 2013, 5:40pm
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More on mortality, Elves and Men...
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Brethil
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Sep 22 2013, 6:24pm
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On religion (and allegory)
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Terazed
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Sep 18 2013, 1:09am
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Fantastic parallels Terazed!
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Brethil
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Sep 18 2013, 3:39pm
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great quote which brings me to noumenon vs phenomenon
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Terazed
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Sep 18 2013, 11:40pm
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More excellent points Terazed!
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 3:15am
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In support of your Romantic influence
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 6:10pm
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I think you found something important in letter 310, Philosophy and faith
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Terazed
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Sep 21 2013, 1:46am
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More on noumenons
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Brethil
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Sep 21 2013, 5:27pm
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The Numenons:are those the guys from Numenor?
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noWizardme
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Sep 21 2013, 6:12pm
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They are the ones who speak Latin and declined to go... //
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Brethil
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Sep 21 2013, 6:14pm
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Thoughts and Random Ramblings.....
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Rembrethil
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Sep 18 2013, 9:26pm
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Thoughts back Rembrethil
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 1:49am
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For England?
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noWizardme
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Sep 19 2013, 5:03pm
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But that was then, and this is now
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squire
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Sep 19 2013, 6:29pm
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Why the nostalgia?
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noWizardme
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Sep 19 2013, 9:00pm
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Hmmm. fascinating Squire. I would second NoWiz's query...
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 1:55am
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I can't work it out...
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noWizardme
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Sep 20 2013, 3:57pm
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Especially starting with 'But once upon a time...' as he does
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 4:22pm
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A confusion between literature and rugby union?
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noWizardme
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Sep 20 2013, 5:42pm
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Or, as satirised by comedians Flanders and Swan?
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noWizardme
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Sep 20 2013, 5:59pm
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Hmmm - Britain vs England
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 6:19pm
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There is nationalism and then there is nationalism
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Terazed
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Sep 21 2013, 5:14am
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"It's not that they're wicked, or naturally bad...
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Na Vedui
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Sep 23 2013, 4:12am
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The song nicely lampoons the problem I'm talking about…//
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noWizardme
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Sep 23 2013, 5:50pm
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What about as ancient history?
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 3:20am
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I can imagine...
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noWizardme
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Sep 20 2013, 4:26pm
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Beren is fundamentally different from Aragorn, in this context
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squire
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Sep 21 2013, 2:00am
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England or English? Or Europe?
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Darkstone
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Sep 20 2013, 8:44pm
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More points about Europe
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 10:49pm
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Yes
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Na Vedui
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Sep 23 2013, 3:11am
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The Home of the Mythos...
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Brethil
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Sep 23 2013, 3:36am
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An epic for anyone (who likes that kind of thing).
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noWizardme
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Sep 21 2013, 11:45am
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Arrrrrrr!
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CaptainMorgan
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Sep 19 2013, 9:13pm
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One point, Captain...
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Meneldor
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Sep 20 2013, 12:17am
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Love your most *Fitting* Avatar Meneldor !!!!!
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 2:34am
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Or...
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Dame Ioreth
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Sep 20 2013, 3:01pm
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Ye please me mightily with yer celebratory lingo today Cap'n!
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Brethil
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Sep 20 2013, 2:24am
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This letter....the bane of Tolkien Studies
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Bombadil21
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Sep 21 2013, 4:55am
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An interesting debate: are we better or worse off having the Letters?
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noWizardme
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Sep 21 2013, 12:16pm
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Nah
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Dame Ioreth
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Sep 21 2013, 2:29pm
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It is a question...Letters or no Letters?
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Brethil
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Sep 24 2013, 7:31pm
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Reply to: This letter.... Art vs Allegory
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Terazed
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Sep 21 2013, 4:27pm
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Hopefully that is what we are doing here
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Brethil
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Sep 21 2013, 5:31pm
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But wait, I thought letter #131 was expressly a manifesto?
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noWizardme
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Sep 22 2013, 10:23am
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On the other hand, if Tolkien had been asked to write a memo "demonstrating that LOTR and the Silmarillion were interdependent and indivisible", what did Waldman think when +this+ turned up ?!//
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noWizardme
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Sep 22 2013, 2:01pm
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Good points - it had a purpose...which begs another question about TH...
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Brethil
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Sep 22 2013, 5:21pm
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Author journey, reader journey
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noWizardme
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Sep 22 2013, 8:19pm
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TH perceptions and the need for Sil
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Brethil
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Sep 23 2013, 2:31am
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