Isn't it cheating to look in the book? :o) OK, here it is, almost the last page of the book... "Then Frodo kissed Merry and Pippin, and last of all Sam, and...
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Jack
jackwhittake...
Oct 9, 2002 7:04 pm
I think the group that included Tolkien and Lewis was called the Inkspots, but on the other hand this may be a 60s Motown band... ... Jack ... From: queentii...
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Jack
jackwhittake...
Oct 9, 2002 7:04 pm
I am stunned and amazed! Never have I read anything about Tevildo, Prince of Cats! Please tell me more! ... Jack ... From: Uriel...
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Kenneth
JustKenneth
Oct 9, 2002 7:46 pm
If the Dwarves were the only race that routinely used runes, then what did Hobbits use when they wrote? Somehow I can't imagine them using the fancy and...
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Kenneth
JustKenneth
Oct 9, 2002 7:57 pm
I love those emblems too. My first set of books (Hobbit and LOTR) was a boxed set of paperbacks. The box was red but was decorated with many of these...
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Bruce Alan Wilson
larryu81
Oct 9, 2002 8:01 pm
I think you mean the "Inklings";. ... From: Jack To: TolkienDiscussions@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:01 PM Subject: RE:...
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Kenneth
JustKenneth
Oct 9, 2002 8:08 pm
I've always imagined lembas as being not particularly tasty. Like fruitcake. Hopefully I'm wrong though. The quest was difficult enough without having to...
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Lord Torlek
rpacyna
Oct 9, 2002 8:08 pm
Thanx Jack and Zaladriel! I'll check out the link today! Rob...
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Kenneth
JustKenneth
Oct 9, 2002 8:15 pm
Did anyone see that film that came out a few years ago about C. S. Lewis? I think it was a love story, about him and his wife. I can't remember the title. ...
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Josie Armstead
sandiegojosie
Oct 9, 2002 8:16 pm
function SetDomain(d) { document.domain = d; }Hmm...lembas ... I always pictured it as something similar to a granola bar... or a fruit rollup but with the...
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Jeannie Atterberry
genii83
Oct 9, 2002 8:17 pm
I always thought lembas was more like ricecakes! "Not all those who wander are lost"-- JRR Tolkein "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream"--...
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queentii
Oct 9, 2002 8:54 pm
Tolkien calls Lembas the waybread of the elves - the fact that the fellowship were given lembas (baked by Galadriel or her staff specially) was a rare and...
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Bruce Alan Wilson
larryu81
Oct 9, 2002 8:56 pm
You are thinking about "Shadowlands." There are actually two versions--a theatrical release in whith Anthony Hopkins plays Lewis and a BBC made-for-tv one with...
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queentii
Oct 9, 2002 9:00 pm
Scott You are quite welcome...just speaking the truth... "Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence." - Henrik Tikkanen Thanks...
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Alwyn Alithiel
athene1130
Oct 9, 2002 9:01 pm
Hi! Wow, it's so interesting to find someone else who is also interested in "subcreation"...most people look at me askance when I tell them about the...
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Beatrice
bfb588
Oct 9, 2002 9:21 pm
I've been wondering, is Buckland part of the Shire? Or is it a completely different country altogether?...
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Kenneth
JustKenneth
Oct 9, 2002 9:37 pm
I believe that since Buckland is east of the Brandywine river, it is therefore outside of the Shire. Someone remind me of the titles of the governing...
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Jeannie Atterberry
genii83
Oct 9, 2002 9:42 pm
It seems everyone is making an introduction! My name is Jeannie and I am 19 years old. I first read The Hobbit when I was 15 years old. It was required...
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queentii
Oct 9, 2002 9:43 pm
I think that the highest level is Mayor - and as for government - the mayor serves as many of the officials - postmaster.... there are also sherriffs - they...
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Sharon
itzsharon
Oct 9, 2002 10:45 pm
I have to agree with Alwyn Alithiel...I think the first movie captured the spirit of the book BEAUTIFULLY, and I am expecting the same from the next two films....
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SanKni2313@...
lalaith232
Oct 9, 2002 10:47 pm
Buckland was originally outside the Shire, and was considered a kind of colony of the Shire, until King Elessar (Aragorn) added it to the Shire in the Fourth...
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Lorien Weaver
lorien88@...
Oct 9, 2002 11:25 pm
Hi, the movie is called Shadowlands. I have not seen it, but I have been meaning to for some time now. Lorien ... From: Kenneth [mailto:justkenneth@...]...
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queentii
Oct 9, 2002 11:44 pm
I too agree that the movie did capture the spirit of the book. Yes there were many things left out but I can say that I was completely enthralled with "seeing...
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Lord Torlek
rpacyna
Oct 10, 2002 12:38 am
Jack, Hmm, I got a couple of DVD documentaries and I believe that Tolkien was in a group called the "inklings"; instead of "inkwells"; True or false? ... Rob...
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Lord Torlek
rpacyna
Oct 10, 2002 12:43 am
I always thought that lembas was like the pastry, "elephant ears" or a "baklava". The books mention that it was crispy and flaky! Rob...
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Roberta Kelm
scribbler001
Oct 10, 2002 12:44 am
Hi there -- another newbie chiming in! Not sure how I got the invite, but thanks! If memory serves me correctly, there was a Master of Buckland (I believe held...
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Monty Burns
frozen_twilight@...
Oct 10, 2002 1:08 am
... I always envisioned them as the elvish version of rice cakes. Maybe some of them were flavored like those Quaker ones. :) Patrick ...
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elwyngreenleaf
Oct 10, 2002 1:17 am
Rob, Lembas is a type of bread.It is also called waybread and "the bread of life".Probably like what Native Americans call Frybread only MUCH thinner.Wish I...
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Sharon
itzsharon
Oct 10, 2002 1:44 am
Yes, it was definitely the Inklings. :o) Sharon ... was in a...
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SanKni2313@...
lalaith232
Oct 10, 2002 3:07 am
Hi, Sharon, and welcome. (and welcome to everyone!) I kind of know what you mean about the books, though my opinion has changed in the many times I have read...
