The J.r.r. Tolkien Thread

[Nunsense]

This may have been posted alreayd but there is a Twitter feed for Tolkein quotes.... for those who need their daily Tolkein fix.

[i<3franciscans]

Tolkien is the love of me life!

[jmjtina]

this man is beyond amesome.

[Clare~Therese]

I tried to read [i]The Fellowship of the Rin.g [/i]and [i]The Hobbit[/i] before (I think?) but it's not me cup of tea, I guess.
I think I got farther in [i]The Hobbit[/i]?
I don't remember anymore.
But Tolkien's still a really cool guy.


I did a book report a few years ago about a biography of him.

Edited September 19, 2011 by Clare~Therese

[MithLuin]

Was it Humphrey Carpenter's biography? That is generally well done, though it is clear that Carpenter doesn't understand the importance of the Catholic faith in Tolkien's life. Meaning, he knew it was important to him, but kinda floundered to explain it. Joseph Pearce and Peter Kreeft do a better (though still rather limited) job of exploring Catholic themes in his work. And to understand him as a professor of Old English, you'd be best reading Tom Shippey. I've heard high praise for John Garth's 'Tolkien and the Great War' about his time as a soldier in WWI, but I've not yet read it myself.

They're making a movie of [i]The Hobbit[/i] for next year, so maybe you'll prefer that to the book, [b]Clare-Therese[/b] .

[Clare~Therese]

[quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1316628239' post='2308153']
Was it Humphrey Carpenter's biography? That is generally well done, though it is clear that Carpenter doesn't understand the importance of the Catholic faith in Tolkien's life. Meaning, he knew it was important to him, but kinda floundered to explain it. Joseph Pearce and Peter Kreeft do a better (though still rather limited) job of exploring Catholic themes in his work. And to understand him as a professor of Old English, you'd be best reading Tom Shippey. I've heard high praise for John Garth's 'Tolkien and the Great War' about his time as a soldier in WWI, but I've not yet read it myself.

They're making a movie of [i]The Hobbit[/i] for next year, so maybe you'll prefer that to the book, [b]Clare-Therese[/b] .
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I can't remember who wrote the biography, but it wasn't any of the ones you're talking about.

Ooooh, movies. I'll have to keep my eyes open for it.

Edited September 21, 2011 by Clare~Therese

[Innocent]

Passing along some links I found on the [url="http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/2011/10/here-and-there-25/"]Curt Jester blog:[/url]

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Also worth reading is a three part series on “Evil in the Hobbit” by Paul at Alive and Young.

[url="http://www.aliveandyoung.net/2011/09/down-down-and-into-dark-evil-in-hobbit.html"]Part 1[/url]
[url="http://www.aliveandyoung.net/2011/10/down-down-and-into-dark-evil-in-hobbit.html"]Part 2[/url]
[url="http://www.aliveandyoung.net/2011/10/down-down-and-into-dark-evil-in-hobbit_12.html"]Part 3[/url]

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[MithLuin]

Here's Jef Murray chanting 'Earendil was a mariner,' Bilbo's poem from the Hall of Fire in Elrond's house.
Skip ahead to 3:23 if you just want to hear him singing without the intro.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W0e18KknIQ[/media]

And here is a choral version of 'A Elbereth Gilthoniel' from the Extended Edition of the [i]Fellowship of the Ring[/i] movie.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AOUjynM1lA[/media]

To learn more about the event where these were recorded, check out my thread on [url=http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/116237-there-and-back-again-a-visit-to-the-shire/]ALEP II: There and Back Again[/url].

[MithLuin]

As a heads up, the trailer for the first part of 'The Hobbit' is out The movie comes out in a year; part II will be out at Christmas of 2013.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM--4UklaL4[/media]

Enjoy

Edited December 21, 2011 by MithLuin

[Clare~Therese]

YAY!

[InPersonaChriste]

One does not simply walk into phatmass...

[Innocent]

[quote name='Innocent' timestamp='1281713039' post='2156489']
I spotted a copy of [i]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudr�n[/i] in a bookstore this week, but [color=#ff0000][b]the price was around Rs. [size=5]900[/size]![/b][/color] [color=#ff0000][b]I'm waiting for the price to come down. [/b][/color](Of course, I did splurge on [i]Jesus Of Nazareth[/i] which cost around the same, but that was a special case. I can't keep doing that very often. )

Has anyone read [i]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudr�n[/i]? Any thoughts about the book?
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And finally it has indeed come down to a third of its initial price:


[quote] LINK:
[size=5][url="http://www.flipkart.com/legend-sigurd-gudrun-0547273428/p/itmczyma4vf9dggp?pid=9780547273426&_l=_rDAK3_6EnAn8Aeej5MDCg--&_r=ruMQKZTAIqGWJCGPSZEOkg--&ref=f383cc12-9ef0-44d7-96d3-abe16e3f44eb"][b]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun (Hardcover)[/b][/url][/size]
by J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (Editor)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmh) (May 2009)
Price:
[size=5][color=#ff0000]Rs. [b]295[/b][/color][/size][/quote]

Oh, hooray!

Edited February 26, 2012 by Innocent

[Innocent]

And now the price has come down some more.


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[b] [size=5][url="http://www.flipkart.com/legend-sigurd-gudrun-0547273428/p/itmczyma4vf9dggp?pid=9780547273426&_l=_rDAK3_6EnAn8Aeej5MDCg--&_r=ruMQKZTAIqGWJCGPSZEOkg--&ref=f383cc12-9ef0-44d7-96d3-abe16e3f44eb"]The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun (Hardcover)[u][b] [/b][/u][/url][/size][/b]

[b] [size=4]by [url="http://www.flipkart.com/author/j-r-r-tolkien"]J. R. R. TOLKIEN[/url][/size][/b]

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) (20090505)

[s]Price: Rs. 295[/s][color=#FF0000][size=6]Rs. 266[/size][/color]

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All things come to those who wait!

[Slappo]

Only $2.40 on amazon.com for US dollars .

[PhuturePriest]

I love J.R.R. Tolkien. He's such a razzle dazzle guy. Plus, he was knighted if I remember correctly! The coolest thing about him is how Catholic his books are. Father Robert Barron always mentions him and The Lord of the Rings, and you learn so many razzle dazzle Catholic aspects about the books. I know he isn't very popular on here, but Michael Voris has a wonderful video on Frodo and some of the Catholic aspects about him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32o3jbSnN6w&list=FLUGGv5nc6UFvmWHUWaeQDwA&index=7&feature=plpp_video

I know it says "The Hobbit" but it is actually about Frodo.

[Innocent]

[quote name='Slappo' timestamp='1346098460' post='2474986']
Only $2.40 on amazon.com for US dollars .
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Well, that would be great if I were living in the US, but since I'm not, add the shipping and handling charges that Amazon usually levies and it'll cost me more than Rs. 266/-

Edited August 28, 2012 by Innocent

[Innocent]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1346099565' post='2474996']
Plus, he was knighted if I remember correctly!
[/quote]

I think he received an OBE from Queen Elizabeth.


[b]Edit:[/b] Yes. The Wikipedia article on him starts off with "[b]John Ronald Reuel Tolkien[/b], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire"]CBE[/url] ([img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png[/img] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English"]/[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key"]ˈ[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key"]t[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key"]ɒ[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key"]l[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key"]k[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key"]iː[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key"]n[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English"]/[/url];[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#cite_note-0"][1][/url][/sup] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philology"]philologist[/url], and university professor,"

Edited August 28, 2012 by Innocent

[Slappo]

[quote name='Innocent' timestamp='1346112228' post='2475069']
Well, that would be great if I were living in the US, but since I'm not, add the shipping and handling charges that Amazon usually levies and it'll cost me more than Rs. 266/-
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I was just posting in case any people in the US were interested in purchasing the book. I'm tempted to add it to my wishlist, but I fear it might end up joining the ranks of other new books on my shelf that have never been read

In other words: I should read more, and then I should buy this book and fall in love with Tolkien all over again