Like Pat, I plan on ignoring any further posts from Jakob Lier -- unless there seems to be some kind of consensus here that I should respond to some particular...
640
Jakob Lier
bronkodil
Sep 15, 2007 9:51 am
... he is sending his messages from 129.177.138.245, which oddly enough happens to be at Bergen University, Norway, which oddly enough happens to be Helge...
641
Jakob Lier
bronkodil
Sep 16, 2007 10:38 am
... Nobody disputes that the material that has appeared, has been published with Christopher Tolkien’s approval. The question is whether he has any very...
642
Didier
almacq.geo
Sep 16, 2007 1:01 pm
... The material published in VT and PE is well edited and presented. It wouldn't want it to be otherwise. They are doing a great job with what is published...
643
Peter
pengolodh_dk
Sep 17, 2007 7:45 am
... published with Christopher Tolkien's approval. The question is whether he has any very strong preferences about what is published first or last, or would...
644
Jakob Lier
bronkodil
Sep 19, 2007 12:22 pm
... Please! There is really no reason to be morbid. I am serious here. Christopher Tolkien is already 83 years old. His father lived to be 81, his mother 82....
645
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Sep 19, 2007 1:33 pm
... [Unignoring for the moment, since:] Ah, we're in perfect agreement, then! You agree that Christopher's judgment in this matter is sound (in fact, even the...
646
Didier
almacq.geo
Sep 19, 2007 6:49 pm
... Am I? Well, what you write sounds to me as "Hey, father won't pass the night. Let's have him tell us to whom of us he'll give his boots. We don't really...
647
Jakob Lier
bronkodil
Sep 21, 2007 12:59 pm
... Is Viggo Mortensen going to chop off my head, or what? I speak only for myself. ... ...and so on. Yes, Carl, we've heard you say this many times, and it's...
648
aelindis
Sep 21, 2007 6:38 pm
... As far as I am aware, Carl F. Hostetter did not write the above- quoted phrase anywhere in this discussion. (A flash of subconscious self-evaluation may...
649
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Sep 21, 2007 7:16 pm
... Actually, I did. Jakob's unfailing echoing, and precise adherence to all, of Helge's talking-points -- while Helge himself (who reads this list) all the...
650
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Sep 21, 2007 8:47 pm
Out of pure, unadulterated curiosity, what led to the production of PE 17, which does seem to leap forwards from the epic-poem phase ot Tolkien's career to the...
651
Patrick Wynne
pa2rick
Sep 21, 2007 9:34 pm
Though it arrived rather late, PE 17 was meant to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of _The Lord of the Rings_. -- Pat ... [Non-text portions...
652
Didier
almacq.geo
Sep 21, 2007 10:55 pm
... Late, perhaps, in that case... but this way you could say it commemorates the 70th anniversary of the publication of _The Hobbit_ (1937), without which the...
653
Didier
almacq.geo
Sep 21, 2007 11:15 pm
... *Sigh* No, the real question is why you post here repeating what you have said from the start, instead of writing down your letter to the Estate, since you...
654
"Beregond. Ander...
j_beregond
Sep 22, 2007 9:36 am
... Correcting the typo: the book's title is _The Road Goes Ever On_. Suilad, Beregond...
655
Rodrigo Jaroszewski
rjaroszewski
Sep 22, 2007 1:03 pm
Considering RGEO also brought explanations on Namárië and Elbereth Gilthoniel's vocabulary, I agree it seems fitting to have PE17 this year. Regards, -- ...
656
Jakob Lier
bronkodil
Sep 22, 2007 2:08 pm
... I could write to the Estate, yes. But I have heard more than one person say that they never got any reply from the Estate/CJRT when they tried to contact...
657
Yiu
amateur_ling...
Sep 22, 2007 2:43 pm
... I could write to the Estate, yes. But I have heard more than one person say that they never got any reply from the Estate/CJRT when they tried to contact...
658
Bill Welden
williamwelden
Sep 22, 2007 4:38 pm
... That's not it. The word "impertinent" has a slightly archaic feel, at least here and now for me, but it was very much current in 19th century upper-class ...
659
Didier
almacq.geo
Sep 23, 2007 7:10 pm
... some movies with that of the books? ... Except that it is not what I wrote (i.e. that Jackson's version would be dubious). It is the _moral_ of that head...
660
Kenneth Chaij
smaug667
Sep 24, 2007 12:39 am
Jacob, You state that you could write to the Estate, but rather than try, you would rely instead on what others have said to you. Well, some years ago, I...
661
Jakob Lier
bronkodil
Sep 25, 2007 12:46 pm
... Apparently Helge reads the list because he finds your comments "amusing" (his exact word), but he doesn't want to post here because it will only result in...
662
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Sep 25, 2007 1:29 pm
... pointless debates leading nowhere. ... to get us a one-sentence statement that could go something like this: "In order to avoid any misunderstandings and...
663
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Sep 26, 2007 2:32 am
... Exactly. Helge has no wish to participate in an open forum (which in Helge's mind = "pointless debate"), but prefers instead to post on Elfling, where he...
664
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Sep 26, 2007 3:33 am
So, let me get this straight: Lier/Fauskanger doesn't believe my colleagues and me when we say that Christopher Tolkien agrees with and supports our work and...
665
Bill Welden
williamwelden
Sep 26, 2007 8:06 pm
... And banned me completely after (get this) I *agreed* with him that a certain post of mine (which he sent back while I was on moderation) was probably...
666
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Oct 10, 2007 4:32 pm
Surprise, surprise, surprise.... my attempt to contribute an utterly innocuous post on 'axe' was itself mod-axed, for no discernible reason whatsoever, save (I...
667
William Cloud Hicklin
icelofangeln
Oct 13, 2007 9:54 pm
Oh, my my my my.... Herewith the evenhanded 'moderation' of Elfling: **************** ... During Omentielva Tatya,I believe Bill Welden pointed out that it was...
668
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Oct 13, 2007 11:01 pm
... Note the specification: politeness etc. is expected only _towards other list members_, which membership is continually being purged of Salo/Fauskanger's...
