Re: Brin: feudalism is evil, why it must be eradicated (long!!!!)
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 01:29:05PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: His own political ideas were different, as we can see from his _Letters_ [there's a book with c.350 of them]. For example: Letter #52: (29 Nov 1943, to his son Christopher, who was at a training camp in Manchester) My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs) - or to 'unconstitutional' Monarchy. An anarchist who also likes monarchs? Maybe the reason he was a good storyteller was because he was hopelessly naive about reality? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: feudalism is evil, why it must be eradicated (long!!!!)
Alberto Gandalf WAS a ring lord. He held one of the Elves' original 3 rings, dedicated to self-righteously keeping Middle Earth static. (stagnant.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: feudalism is evil, why it must be eradicated (long!!!!)
Maybe the reason he was a good storyteller was because he was hopelessly naive about reality? Erik Reuter An Oxford don... naive about reality? Naww ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: feudalism is evil, why it must be eradicated
David Brin wrote: Gandalf WAS a ring lord. He held one of the Elves' original 3 rings, dedicated to self-righteously keeping Middle Earth static. (stagnant.) But that letter discusses another kind of ring lord: Gandalf as _the_ Ring Lord, Gandalf with the One Ring. BTW, expect a flood of hate mail. Someone mentioned the slashdot article in the Tolkien Mailing List, and I zealously pointed the original article in your site O:-) [on the plus side, maybe they will read some of the book samples and buy them...] Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: feudalism is evil, why it must be eradicated
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:37:22PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: David Brin wrote: Gandalf WAS a ring lord. He held one of the Elves' original 3 rings, dedicated to self-righteously keeping Middle Earth static. (stagnant.) But that letter discusses another kind of ring lord: Gandalf as _the_ Ring Lord, Gandalf with the One Ring. BTW, expect a flood of hate mail. Someone mentioned the slashdot article in the Tolkien Mailing List, and I zealously pointed the original article in your site O:-) Why should he expect hate mail? What is the big deal? He basically says that it is a fun story. Is questioning whether the heroes of the story are good role models for society such a bad thing to do? One can enjoy the story but not idolize the characters. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: feudalism is evil, why it must be eradicated
David Brin wrote: Gandalf WAS a ring lord. He held one of the Elves' original 3 rings, dedicated to self-righteously keeping Middle Earth static. (stagnant.) But that letter discusses another kind of ring lord: Gandalf as _the_ Ring Lord, Gandalf with the One Ring. BTW, expect a flood of hate mail. Someone mentioned the slashdot article in the Tolkien Mailing List, and I zealously pointed the original article in your site O:-) Out of 60 or so emails so far, 50 have been laudatory. 5 questioning and 5 politely nit-picky. Not one hate message -- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: feudalism is evil, why it must be eradicated
Erik Reuter wrote: Why should he expect hate mail? What is the big deal? He basically says that it is a fun story. Is questioning whether the heroes of the story are good role models for society such a bad thing to do? One can enjoy the story but not idolize the characters. You must not understand the rabidness of fanboys at all. The fanboy capacity for blind allegiance can be frightening. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
