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  Sticky: Thread Locked Welcome to the Reading Room (-->Including links to old RR discussions!) Altaira 115004 0 Dec 28 2006, 3:11am Jump to last post in thread (by AltairaGuest)

  Collapse Sticky: General notice re book discussions and the use of copyrighted materials Ataahua 102412 1 Jun 20 2007, 5:15am Jump to last post in thread (by Wynnie)

Sticky: How Best to Contact an Admin for Help Kyriel 107789 0 Mar 31 2009, 10:44pm Jump to last post in thread (by Kyriel)

  Collapse Happy Eclipse Day! (Or Wayward Tilion Day.) Curious 193 2 Apr 8, 12:01pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Ah, so Ethel Duath 185 0 Apr 8, 4:31pm
       Thanks for this tribute to Eclipse day! =) elentari3018 157 0 Apr 9, 1:50am

Collapse Official Shire Discussion Sign-up thread! Third and seventh/eighth taken so far. Sign up in a reply Ethel Duath 949 15 Apr 5, 6:41pm Jump to last post in thread (by Ethel Duath)
       Collapse Calling Curious! :) Are you able to Ethel Duath 863 2 Apr 6, 12:55pm
           Trees Asger 753 0 Apr 7, 8:37am
           Yes! Curious 619 0 Apr 8, 12:06pm
       Please put me down for number two, a discussion of trees. Curious 622 0 Apr 8, 12:03pm
       Collapse Curious will be doing our second post on Trees. :) // Ethel Duath 600 2 Apr 8, 4:26pm
           Collapse I can do 1st post if I can get another week--starting Tues, 16 April? // CuriousG 583 1 Apr 9, 12:58am
               I would think the 16th should be just fine. Thank you!// Ethel Duath 575 0 Apr 9, 2:08am
       Collapse CuriousG is doing the first post: General Hobbit culture in the Hobbit and early LOTR, starting Ethel Duath 578 7 Apr 9, 2:10am
           Thanks for organizing! elentari3018 514 0 Apr 10, 1:01am
           Collapse So I'll post about trees on April 30th, right? Curious 257 5 Sat, 9:50pm
               Collapse Yes, Yessss. I think Ethel Duath 249 4 Sun, 12:05am
                   Collapse Literally and figuratively! Curious 194 3 Sun, 6:53pm
                       Collapse Oh, yeah. :) Ethel Duath 190 2 Sun, 8:12pm
                         Collapse I would leave those areas alone. I ent going there, I ent. // CuriousG 85 1 Mon, 3:43pm
                               But . . . that's Entertainment! (Cue Ent puns.)// Ethel Duath 79 0 Mon, 4:34pm

  Collapse A Silmarillion question about Aule and Dwarven creation. Hamfast Gamgee 639 3 Apr 3, 10:22pm Jump to last post in thread (by Curious)
       Collapse Souls vs. Life Silvered-glass 609 1 Apr 4, 10:51am
           Yup Voronwė_the_Faithful 589 0 Apr 4, 8:41pm
       The Valar can and do create animals and plants. Curious 332 0 Apr 8, 12:36pm

Collapse Possible Posting Proposal? Ethel Duath 487 6 Apr 3, 7:49pm Jump to last post in thread (by Ethel Duath)
       Collapse Works for oliphaunt oliphaunt 460 1 Apr 4, 12:18am
           That's great! I wasn't sure if I'd missed the mark, Ethel Duath 449 0 Apr 4, 1:46am
       Collapse This is great proposal! elentari3018 456 1 Apr 4, 1:39am
           Thank you! I wasn't sure if this Ethel Duath 449 0 Apr 4, 1:47am
       Collapse Posting list: "Who's on third?" Ethel Duath 450 1 Apr 4, 1:56am
           Continued in new thread, starting today. // Ethel Duath 371 0 Apr 5, 6:35pm

  Collapse Votes are in, and the Shire wins--hosts and suggestions needed! Ethel Duath 1223 15 Mar 28, 3:56pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Collapse Sounds awesome! elentari3018 1071 5 Mar 29, 1:12am
           Collapse Oh, I meant the Shire itself as a place and culture, Ethel Duath 1071 4 Mar 29, 1:22am
               sounds great! elentari3018 1068 0 Mar 29, 1:24am
               Collapse I suggest do *some* of it in book order noWizardme 1032 2 Mar 29, 11:11am
                   Yes, exactly: Ethel Duath 1007 0 Mar 29, 10:10pm
                   The idea of evolution of bravery elentari3018 500 0 Apr 4, 2:00am
       Collapse I would be happy to host a discussion of trees in the Shire. Curious 1062 1 Mar 29, 3:26am
           Trees! My favorite. Ethel Duath 1007 0 Mar 29, 9:53pm
       Collapse Sounds great to me CuriousG 1057 1 Mar 29, 3:42am
           Ooh, yes, love it! Ethel Duath 1007 0 Mar 29, 10:06pm
       Collapse Topic possiblilities oliphaunt 1031 2 Mar 29, 1:06pm
           Whoa, really interesting, and Ethel Duath 1007 0 Mar 29, 9:55pm
           Love these ideas and will think of many new ways to think about the Shire elentari3018 1002 0 Mar 29, 11:26pm
       Collapse Sounds good and a bit different to me Hamfast Gamgee 522 1 Apr 3, 10:13pm
           Oh, yes, please do! Ethel Duath 502 0 Apr 4, 1:55am

  Collapse The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien Voronwė_the_Faithful 1233 6 Mar 12, 6:59pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Wonderful to look forward to. Thank you! // Ethel Duath 1205 0 Mar 12, 7:12pm
       Collapse "Hammond," not "Hammon" Voronwė_the_Faithful 1207 2 Mar 12, 7:18pm
           Collapse So done! dernwyn 1192 1 Mar 12, 11:22pm
             Thanks! // Voronwė_the_Faithful 1183 0 Mar 12, 11:33pm
       More Info Voronwė_the_Faithful 1189 0 Mar 12, 11:34pm
       wow that's awesome! elentari3018 1185 0 Mar 13, 12:41am

  Collapse Belloc vs. Tolkien: Two Views of Anglo-Saxon England Eruonen 15406 18 Mar 5, 2:50am Jump to last post in thread (by Owlyross)
       Collapse Pearce is clearly on the Anglo-Saxons' side squire 15332 2 Mar 5, 9:41pm
           Is Belloc alluding to the Holy Roman Empire (Charlemagne etc) as the center of Eruonen 15326 0 Mar 5, 11:24pm
           Interesting historical find that rather refutes some of Belloc Eruonen 15201 0 Mar 9, 5:14pm
       Collapse Tolkien grieved the loss of Anglo-Saxon literature. Curious 14274 14 Mar 24, 6:05pm
           Yes, that appears to be a likely explanation. Eruonen 14226 0 Mar 24, 6:29pm
           Collapse One cruel and barbarous invasion is as good as another squire 13409 3 Mar 25, 1:04am
               Collapse Good to see you, too! Curious 10571 2 Mar 26, 12:37am
                   Collapse Alas! dernwyn 10531 1 Mar 26, 12:54am
                       Oh well. sniff... Curious 10354 0 Mar 26, 2:07am
           Collapse Very good to see you again, Curious. Kimi 11137 1 Mar 25, 9:56pm
               Thanks! You, too! Curious 10560 0 Mar 26, 12:37am
           Very good to see dernwyn 10524 0 Mar 26, 12:51am
           Collapse Nice to see you again, Curious// CuriousG 8325 1 Mar 27, 2:18pm
               Thanks! Curious 8324 0 Mar 27, 2:28pm
           Collapse "Why is there so little Anglo-Saxon literature, and almost none that is pre-Christian?" Aelfwine 8289 3 Mar 27, 3:38pm
               Collapse "Literacy (and thus literature) and Christianity went hand-in-hand in Northern Europe generally." Curious 8250 1 Mar 27, 4:03pm
                   "The Celtic people and continental Germanic people retained many of their pagan tales" Aelfwine 8235 0 Mar 27, 4:26pm
               The language of literature is important here Owlyross 363 0 Apr 9, 8:17am

Collapse New poll on discussion ideas! We're expanding into other areas, as well as Ethel Duath 14503 11 Mar 3, 5:14pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Collapse Gave some more ideas! elentari3018 14450 6 Mar 4, 4:20am
           Collapse No dates yet. As soon as we Ethel Duath 14422 5 Mar 4, 6:21pm
             Collapse “Consensus”? This is the internet. Consensus would break it somehow.// CuriousG 14362 4 Mar 5, 2:57pm
                   Collapse Ah, yes! But there may be hope in our Ethel Duath 14366 3 Mar 5, 4:59pm
                       Collapse haha that is funny elentari3018 14353 2 Mar 6, 2:52am
                           Collapse Nonsensus it is. (I guess we reached consensus??) // CuriousG 14342 1 Mar 6, 3:45am
                               Ha! Apparently so! Ethel Duath 14312 0 Mar 6, 3:27pm
       Collapse Maybe a vote on the Shire? Hamfast Gamgee 13769 3 Mar 17, 10:59pm
           Collapse The Shire would be great! elentari3018 13716 2 Mar 19, 12:49am
               Collapse I think we're getting there. I'd love to hear Ethel Duath 13703 1 Mar 19, 2:36am
                   sounds good to me! =) elentari3018 12436 0 Mar 20, 12:50am

  Collapse Orcs come in pairs noWizardme 1372 8 Feb 28, 10:04pm Jump to last post in thread (by Hamfast Gamgee)
       Not to mention Gertrude and Heathcliffe! Ethel Duath 1330 0 Feb 29, 12:21am
       Collapse Okay, Two Orcs Go Into a Bar, and the First One Says... Roverandom 1301 1 Feb 29, 4:48pm
           orcs and a class struggle noWizardme 1296 0 Feb 29, 5:39pm
       Collapse More than just mouth pieces for infodumping CuriousG 1283 3 Feb 29, 11:42pm
           Collapse "Talking Rocks" - should be added to the lexicon maybe noWizardme 1260 2 Mar 1, 9:27am
               Collapse Talking rocks in Tolkien squire 1236 1 Mar 2, 2:13am
                   A certain "awareness" of stones GreenHillFox 1229 0 Mar 2, 8:38am
       One thing which I have noticed about Orcs Hamfast Gamgee 860 0 Mar 17, 10:42pm

  Collapse The Queer History of LotR QuackingTroll 1637 5 Feb 24, 10:57am Jump to last post in thread (by Hamfast Gamgee)
       I almost ignored this....but....the YouTuber does at least Eruonen 1419 0 Mar 1, 4:23pm
       Collapse This was a very well researched, I give Verilybitchie a lot of credit for doing a thorough job. Eruonen 1412 2 Mar 1, 4:51pm
           Collapse Agree, the clickbaity title is deceiving... QuackingTroll 1405 1 Mar 1, 8:42pm
               I enjoyed it too, thanks noWizardme 714 0 Mar 28, 8:18pm
       The Captain in Ghosts. Hamfast Gamgee 420 0 Apr 3, 10:27pm

Collapse Another idea: Chapter/section exploration, or . . . Ethel Duath 1618 4 Feb 21, 3:58pm Jump to last post in thread (by Ethel Duath)
       Collapse That sounds great! elentari3018 1570 1 Feb 22, 1:41am
           Oh, very nice set of ideas! Thanks! Ethel Duath 1559 0 Feb 22, 2:27am
       Collapse All of them at once! CuriousG 1310 1 Feb 23, 6:20pm
           :D Ethel Duath 1302 0 Feb 23, 7:09pm

Collapse Next! What character should we explore coming up? The Pollantir Ethel Duath 1413 4 Feb 19, 5:08pm Jump to last post in thread (by Hamfast Gamgee)
       Collapse We already did Saruman.. did him before Faramir... elentari3018 1353 3 Feb 20, 11:46am
           Collapse Oops! Yes, that was during my kids' Ethel Duath 1337 2 Feb 20, 3:38pm
               Collapse I'll put you down as a vote for Wormtongue. :) // Ethel Duath 1337 1 Feb 20, 3:38pm
                   Actually Hamfast Gamgee 727 0 Mar 17, 10:47pm

  Collapse A favourite episode from The Two Towers Eruonen 1395 2 Feb 14, 10:54pm Jump to last post in thread (by Eruonen)
       Collapse Thank you for all the YouTube video links! squire 1375 1 Feb 15, 2:41am
           You mean my seal of approval is not sufficient! ;) Eruonen 1368 0 Feb 15, 3:15am

  Gandalf calls on Bilbo: a reading from the first chapter of The Hobbit Eruonen 1272 0 Feb 14, 10:47pm Jump to last post in thread (by Eruonen)

  Collapse Faramir as how Tolkien saw him, Faramir and Boromir and other thoughts from the Appendices and the Letters. elentari3018 3054 16 Feb 14, 3:41am Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Collapse Musings Eruonen 2990 3 Feb 14, 4:31pm
           Collapse Do we know why Tolkien dreamt of the wave so much? elentari3018 2937 2 Feb 16, 3:09am
               Collapse Dream discussed in his letters Eruonen 2909 1 Feb 16, 3:17pm
                   What a great resource about the Great Wave referenced elentari3018 2853 0 Feb 18, 1:32am
       Love these. :) Will post soon! // Ethel Duath 2899 0 Feb 16, 4:26pm
       Collapse Some thoughts Ethel Duath 2884 1 Feb 17, 2:32am
           I think Boromir was bequeathed the Quest from Denethor elentari3018 2849 0 Feb 18, 1:39am
       Collapse More thoughts-- Ethel Duath 2723 3 Feb 19, 5:02pm
           Collapse Grishnįkh? Felagund 2706 1 Feb 19, 9:06pm
               Yes, no resistance at all. Ethel Duath 2705 0 Feb 19, 11:10pm
           We do see Gollum falling to his death at the end elentari3018 2614 0 Feb 21, 12:58am
       Collapse Faramir yielding the Stewardship CuriousG 2474 3 Feb 23, 5:46pm
           Collapse That is one of my favorite points and themes in LotR. elentari3018 2392 2 Feb 25, 4:03am
               Collapse Malbeth the Seer CuriousG 2341 1 Feb 25, 3:16pm
                   I'm sure Faramir knew this part of history elentari3018 2264 0 Feb 26, 2:53am
       more on Letter 244 that popped up randomly in another site i follow elentari3018 1394 0 Mar 30, 3:04am
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