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  Sticky: Thread Locked Welcome to the Reading Room (-->Including links to old RR discussions!) Altaira 115418 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 102880 1 Jun 20 2007, 5:15am Jump to last post in thread (by Wynnie)

Sticky: How Best to Contact an Admin for Help Kyriel 108192 0 Mar 31 2009, 10:44pm Jump to last post in thread (by Kyriel)

  Collapse ***Shire Discussion: General Hobbit Culture CuriousG 891 24 Apr 17, 12:15am Jump to last post in thread (by CuriousG)
       Collapse I like the idea that Ethel Duath 834 3 Apr 17, 1:28am
           Collapse this has always been a favorite idea with me Annael 552 2 Apr 19, 3:52pm
               My family certainly does. Ethel Duath 538 0 Apr 19, 6:43pm
               I think people always adapt to the land more than they realize themselves CuriousG 8 0 5:54pm
       Collapse Answers Curious 831 1 Apr 17, 3:04am
           Good point about the Druadan, but CuriousG 164 0 Tue, 3:42am
       Collapse Answers on the Hobbit Culture Silvered-glass 781 3 Apr 17, 11:56am
           Collapse The problem with assessing hobbit technology is we know it’s anachronistic. Curious 287 2 Mon, 12:24am
               Mantle Clocks and Mail Otaku-sempai 272 0 Mon, 2:08am
               The Plausibility of Hobbit Technology Silvered-glass 205 0 Mon, 3:55pm
       Collapse Some Sure As Shire Talk Roverandom 767 6 Apr 17, 7:12pm
           " . . . not the least bit interested in what they aren't interested." Ethel Duath 761 0 Apr 17, 7:23pm
           And, so good to see you back! :) // Ethel Duath 737 0 Apr 18, 1:52am
           Collapse Writer Guy Davenport claimed that Tolkien latched on to his classmate’s tales of Kentucky. Curious 283 2 Mon, 1:14am
               I did a quick look online Ethel Duath 265 0 Mon, 3:16am
               Tolkien's cultural interests CuriousG 164 0 Tue, 3:23am
           Welcome back, Roverandom! CuriousG 161 0 Tue, 3:55am
       Collapse "Could the hobbits have evolved their culture anywhere else in Middle-earth?" Ethel Duath 740 1 Apr 18, 1:50am
           You're not alone. I think the Shire is a Silmaril of sorts CuriousG 158 0 Tue, 4:03am
       Collapse Actually about the Shire Hamfast Gamgee 693 1 Apr 18, 10:42am
           About the borders of the Shire GreenHillFox 671 0 Apr 18, 2:08pm
       Collapse The People Ethel Duath 610 2 Apr 19, 1:53am
           The Formal Side of the Hobbits Silvered-glass 211 0 Mon, 12:09pm
           Such a great insight! CuriousG 94 0 Tue, 9:53pm

  Collapse Happy Eclipse Day! (Or Wayward Tilion Day.) Curious 485 2 Apr 8, 12:01pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Ah, so Ethel Duath 477 0 Apr 8, 4:31pm
       Thanks for this tribute to Eclipse day! =) elentari3018 449 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 1351 17 Apr 5, 6:41pm Jump to last post in thread (by Ethel Duath)
       Collapse Calling Curious! :) Are you able to Ethel Duath 1258 2 Apr 6, 12:55pm
           Trees Asger 1148 0 Apr 7, 8:37am
           Yes! Curious 1014 0 Apr 8, 12:06pm
       Please put me down for number two, a discussion of trees. Curious 1017 0 Apr 8, 12:03pm
       Collapse Curious will be doing our second post on Trees. :) // Ethel Duath 995 2 Apr 8, 4:26pm
           Collapse I can do 1st post if I can get another week--starting Tues, 16 April? // CuriousG 978 1 Apr 9, 12:58am
               I would think the 16th should be just fine. Thank you!// Ethel Duath 970 0 Apr 9, 2:08am
       Collapse CuriousG is doing the first post: General Hobbit culture in the Hobbit and early LOTR, starting Ethel Duath 973 9 Apr 9, 2:10am
           Thanks for organizing! elentari3018 909 0 Apr 10, 1:01am
           Collapse So I'll post about trees on April 30th, right? Curious 653 7 Apr 13, 9:50pm
               Collapse Yes, Yessss. I think Ethel Duath 645 6 Apr 14, 12:05am
                   Collapse Literally and figuratively! Curious 590 5 Apr 14, 6:53pm
                       Collapse Oh, yeah. :) Ethel Duath 586 4 Apr 14, 8:12pm
                         Collapse I would leave those areas alone. I ent going there, I ent. // CuriousG 481 3 Apr 15, 3:43pm
                               Collapse But . . . that's Entertainment! (Cue Ent puns.)// Ethel Duath 475 2 Apr 15, 4:34pm
                                   Collapse Go on, be relENTless! // dernwyn 292 1 Apr 19, 12:43am
                                       But, I want real Ents!// Ethel Duath 283 0 Apr 19, 1:54am

  Collapse A Silmarillion question about Aule and Dwarven creation. Hamfast Gamgee 946 4 Apr 3, 10:22pm Jump to last post in thread (by Hamfast Gamgee)
       Collapse Souls vs. Life Silvered-glass 913 1 Apr 4, 10:51am
           Yup Voronwë_the_Faithful 893 0 Apr 4, 8:41pm
       Collapse The Valar can and do create animals and plants. Curious 638 1 Apr 8, 12:36pm
           Well that's fair enough. Hamfast Gamgee 258 0 Apr 18, 10:38am

Collapse Possible Posting Proposal? Ethel Duath 788 6 Apr 3, 7:49pm Jump to last post in thread (by Ethel Duath)
       Collapse Works for oliphaunt oliphaunt 760 1 Apr 4, 12:18am
           That's great! I wasn't sure if I'd missed the mark, Ethel Duath 749 0 Apr 4, 1:46am
       Collapse This is great proposal! elentari3018 756 1 Apr 4, 1:39am
           Thank you! I wasn't sure if this Ethel Duath 749 0 Apr 4, 1:47am
       Collapse Posting list: "Who's on third?" Ethel Duath 750 1 Apr 4, 1:56am
           Continued in new thread, starting today. // Ethel Duath 671 0 Apr 5, 6:35pm

  Collapse Votes are in, and the Shire wins--hosts and suggestions needed! Ethel Duath 1526 15 Mar 28, 3:56pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Collapse Sounds awesome! elentari3018 1374 5 Mar 29, 1:12am
           Collapse Oh, I meant the Shire itself as a place and culture, Ethel Duath 1374 4 Mar 29, 1:22am
               sounds great! elentari3018 1371 0 Mar 29, 1:24am
               Collapse I suggest do *some* of it in book order noWizardme 1335 2 Mar 29, 11:11am
                   Yes, exactly: Ethel Duath 1310 0 Mar 29, 10:10pm
                   The idea of evolution of bravery elentari3018 803 0 Apr 4, 2:00am
       Collapse I would be happy to host a discussion of trees in the Shire. Curious 1365 1 Mar 29, 3:26am
           Trees! My favorite. Ethel Duath 1310 0 Mar 29, 9:53pm
       Collapse Sounds great to me CuriousG 1360 1 Mar 29, 3:42am
           Ooh, yes, love it! Ethel Duath 1310 0 Mar 29, 10:06pm
       Collapse Topic possiblilities oliphaunt 1334 2 Mar 29, 1:06pm
           Whoa, really interesting, and Ethel Duath 1310 0 Mar 29, 9:55pm
           Love these ideas and will think of many new ways to think about the Shire elentari3018 1305 0 Mar 29, 11:26pm
       Collapse Sounds good and a bit different to me Hamfast Gamgee 825 1 Apr 3, 10:13pm
           Oh, yes, please do! Ethel Duath 805 0 Apr 4, 1:55am

  Collapse The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien Voronwë_the_Faithful 1523 6 Mar 12, 6:59pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Wonderful to look forward to. Thank you! // Ethel Duath 1495 0 Mar 12, 7:12pm
       Collapse "Hammond," not "Hammon" Voronwë_the_Faithful 1497 2 Mar 12, 7:18pm
           Collapse So done! dernwyn 1482 1 Mar 12, 11:22pm
             Thanks! // Voronwë_the_Faithful 1473 0 Mar 12, 11:33pm
       More Info Voronwë_the_Faithful 1479 0 Mar 12, 11:34pm
       wow that's awesome! elentari3018 1475 0 Mar 13, 12:41am

  Collapse Belloc vs. Tolkien: Two Views of Anglo-Saxon England Eruonen 15722 18 Mar 5, 2:50am Jump to last post in thread (by Owlyross)
       Collapse Pearce is clearly on the Anglo-Saxons' side squire 15648 2 Mar 5, 9:41pm
           Is Belloc alluding to the Holy Roman Empire (Charlemagne etc) as the center of Eruonen 15642 0 Mar 5, 11:24pm
           Interesting historical find that rather refutes some of Belloc Eruonen 15517 0 Mar 9, 5:14pm
       Collapse Tolkien grieved the loss of Anglo-Saxon literature. Curious 14590 14 Mar 24, 6:05pm
           Yes, that appears to be a likely explanation. Eruonen 14542 0 Mar 24, 6:29pm
           Collapse One cruel and barbarous invasion is as good as another squire 13731 3 Mar 25, 1:04am
               Collapse Good to see you, too! Curious 10895 2 Mar 26, 12:37am
                   Collapse Alas! dernwyn 10853 1 Mar 26, 12:54am
                       Oh well. sniff... Curious 10670 0 Mar 26, 2:07am
           Collapse Very good to see you again, Curious. Kimi 11453 1 Mar 25, 9:56pm
               Thanks! You, too! Curious 10876 0 Mar 26, 12:37am
           Very good to see dernwyn 10840 0 Mar 26, 12:51am
           Collapse Nice to see you again, Curious// CuriousG 8641 1 Mar 27, 2:18pm
               Thanks! Curious 8640 0 Mar 27, 2:28pm
           Collapse "Why is there so little Anglo-Saxon literature, and almost none that is pre-Christian?" Aelfwine 8605 3 Mar 27, 3:38pm
               Collapse "Literacy (and thus literature) and Christianity went hand-in-hand in Northern Europe generally." Curious 8566 1 Mar 27, 4:03pm
                   "The Celtic people and continental Germanic people retained many of their pagan tales" Aelfwine 8551 0 Mar 27, 4:26pm
               The language of literature is important here Owlyross 679 0 Apr 9, 8:17am

Collapse New poll on discussion ideas! We're expanding into other areas, as well as Ethel Duath 14866 11 Mar 3, 5:14pm Jump to last post in thread (by elentari3018)
       Collapse Gave some more ideas! elentari3018 14813 6 Mar 4, 4:20am
           Collapse No dates yet. As soon as we Ethel Duath 14785 5 Mar 4, 6:21pm
             Collapse “Consensus”? This is the internet. Consensus would break it somehow.// CuriousG 14725 4 Mar 5, 2:57pm
                   Collapse Ah, yes! But there may be hope in our Ethel Duath 14729 3 Mar 5, 4:59pm
                       Collapse haha that is funny elentari3018 14716 2 Mar 6, 2:52am
                           Collapse Nonsensus it is. (I guess we reached consensus??) // CuriousG 14705 1 Mar 6, 3:45am
                               Ha! Apparently so! Ethel Duath 14675 0 Mar 6, 3:27pm
       Collapse Maybe a vote on the Shire? Hamfast Gamgee 14132 3 Mar 17, 10:59pm
           Collapse The Shire would be great! elentari3018 14079 2 Mar 19, 12:49am
               Collapse I think we're getting there. I'd love to hear Ethel Duath 14066 1 Mar 19, 2:36am
                   sounds good to me! =) elentari3018 12799 0 Mar 20, 12:50am

  Collapse Orcs come in pairs noWizardme 1656 8 Feb 28, 10:04pm Jump to last post in thread (by Hamfast Gamgee)
       Not to mention Gertrude and Heathcliffe! Ethel Duath 1614 0 Feb 29, 12:21am
       Collapse Okay, Two Orcs Go Into a Bar, and the First One Says... Roverandom 1585 1 Feb 29, 4:48pm
           orcs and a class struggle noWizardme 1580 0 Feb 29, 5:39pm
       Collapse More than just mouth pieces for infodumping CuriousG 1567 3 Feb 29, 11:42pm
           Collapse "Talking Rocks" - should be added to the lexicon maybe noWizardme 1544 2 Mar 1, 9:27am
               Collapse Talking rocks in Tolkien squire 1520 1 Mar 2, 2:13am
                   A certain "awareness" of stones GreenHillFox 1513 0 Mar 2, 8:38am
       One thing which I have noticed about Orcs Hamfast Gamgee 1144 0 Mar 17, 10:42pm

  Collapse The Queer History of LotR QuackingTroll 1912 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 1694 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 1687 2 Mar 1, 4:51pm
           Collapse Agree, the clickbaity title is deceiving... QuackingTroll 1680 1 Mar 1, 8:42pm
               I enjoyed it too, thanks noWizardme 989 0 Mar 28, 8:18pm
       The Captain in Ghosts. Hamfast Gamgee 695 0 Apr 3, 10:27pm

Collapse Another idea: Chapter/section exploration, or . . . Ethel Duath 1893 4 Feb 21, 3:58pm Jump to last post in thread (by Ethel Duath)
       Collapse That sounds great! elentari3018 1845 1 Feb 22, 1:41am
           Oh, very nice set of ideas! Thanks! Ethel Duath 1834 0 Feb 22, 2:27am
       Collapse All of them at once! CuriousG 1585 1 Feb 23, 6:20pm
           :D Ethel Duath 1577 0 Feb 23, 7:09pm

Collapse Next! What character should we explore coming up? The Pollantir Ethel Duath 1676 4 Feb 19, 5:08pm Jump to last post in thread (by Hamfast Gamgee)
       Collapse We already did Saruman.. did him before Faramir... elentari3018 1616 3 Feb 20, 11:46am
           Collapse Oops! Yes, that was during my kids' Ethel Duath 1600 2 Feb 20, 3:38pm
               Collapse I'll put you down as a vote for Wormtongue. :) // Ethel Duath 1600 1 Feb 20, 3:38pm
                   Actually Hamfast Gamgee 990 0 Mar 17, 10:47pm

  Collapse A favourite episode from The Two Towers Eruonen 1661 2 Feb 14, 10:54pm Jump to last post in thread (by Eruonen)
       Collapse Thank you for all the YouTube video links! squire 1641 1 Feb 15, 2:41am
           You mean my seal of approval is not sufficient! ;) Eruonen 1634 0 Feb 15, 3:15am

  Gandalf calls on Bilbo: a reading from the first chapter of The Hobbit Eruonen 1537 0 Feb 14, 10:47pm Jump to last post in thread (by Eruonen)
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