On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:04:40 +0100, "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Bob, do i dare ask the reason(s) behind your dislike of tolkien? > > I've never read anything by him, or seen any of the movies, and I > never will. This is pure prejudice. > > Whimsical twee kitsch. Stupid made-up names. Complete absence of > irony. Overblown self-regarding pomposity (describing his scribblings > as 'legendarium', for feck's sake!). Guilt by association with so many > of the dickheads who used to rave about the stuff and take it > seriously - generally the sort of prat who danced along with Ian > Anderson's crappy flute solos like pissed-up pixies with chillies on > their 'roids. >
Now *that* is a top rant! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of S J > > Sent: 16 August 2008 10:38 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery? > > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > *although personally I would imprison all writers of > > fantasy & science > > > fiction, and if he were still alive I would have Tolkien cut into > > > small pieces and fed to dwarves. > > > when > > i first read him (in the mid 80s, much much before the movies) it > was > > kind of refreshing. but then it didn't take me long understand that > > (to me) he was more or less a reactionary, right-of-centre (if not > > exactly right wing) writer....and being that kind of astonishing > that > > he became an icon of the sixties (not that i was there in the > sixties, > > my ideas of the 60s are purely derived ones...) > > > > just curious on a lazy weekend... :-)) > > > > regards, subash > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
