LOL did you make hulk out to be a reevaluation of religion as well??
----- Original Message ----- From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:22 PM Subject: RE: Simarillion > No, this was a book released by Tolkein himself explaining the history of > the Elves. He intended it to come out when LOTR was published, but there was > some row with the publisher and things worked out differently. > > It doesn't surprise me that so many people had negative reactions to the > book. Tolkein wrote it as a narrative of the poetic history of the Elves, > which he had already written in books like the Lays of Beleriand, and it's > form reflects that. He's trying to convey more than just what happened, he > is trying to tell the story of a story, and that puts some people off. > > The book is deep with meaning. The tales start off very abstract and > somewhat nonsensical, but they become concrete as events unfold. The story > of Beren and Luthien is probably the most important one for LOTR, as the > story of the characters is central to the later relationship of Strider and > Elrond's daughter (they are both doomed and they know it - Strider sings a > song about Luthien in FOTR, and Elrond's daughter directly quotes Luthien > several times). > > But what really struck me about the book is Tolkein's intent. I read some of > his letters in college, and he said he was trying to create a mythology for > the English people. I didn't know it before I got into the book, but this is > definitely his Genesis / Exodus / Deuteronomy. It contains some really heavy > stories that are full of moral fiber and classic tragedy. The whole time I > read it, I was thinking this is so much more than just a fantasy tale, it > was more like a reevaluation of the relationship between religion and > history. > > Then again, I really enjoyed the Hulk. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: cfhelp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Simarillion > > > I'm in the Second Book of LOTR (The Two Towers) and have read the Hobbit > twice and now with my daughter. Isn't Simarillion just pieces of Tolkien's > writings spliced together by his son? > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
