... Uh... something I liked? E.g., something that actually had some substance to it, instead of the Generic Saccharine Suite No. 27 that accompanied most of...
11384
dianejoy@...
Jan 27, 2004 4:52 pm
... From: Carl F. Hostetter Aelfwine@... Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:03:34 -0500 To: mythsoc@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [mythsoc] Debate or dialogue? <<...
11385
Jack
misternimble
Jan 27, 2004 5:36 pm
... Star Wars? GAG! Pompous music from a second-rate hack composer. Nothing memorable about that music other than it's been over-exposed. I think that you're...
11386
odzer@...
odzer2002
Jan 27, 2004 7:57 pm
... for mutual respect and understanding, it might -- just _might_, mind you -- not lead with setting yourself on one side and broadly insulting the proponents...
11387
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Jan 27, 2004 8:21 pm
... Ah, but as we used to say in my physics classes, when desperately trying to derive a correct answer: "2 + 2 = 5, for sufficiently large values of 2". ;) ...
11388
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Jan 27, 2004 9:02 pm
... How on earth do you derive _that_ from a list of awards some of which I explicitly _agreed_ with, and some of which not given I felt might be _deserved_? ...
11389
Elizabeth R. Milner
beulahland007
Jan 27, 2004 9:55 pm
Ah, but you forget there are different flavors of socialism. English socialism was greatly influenced by William Morris. Writers such as E.P. Thompson use...
11390
Stolzi@...
stolzi1us
Jan 27, 2004 10:57 pm
In a message dated 1/26/2004 9:26:51 PM Central Standard Time, ... of the people (or ... I wasn't saying they were - just picking up on the quote from Marx wh...
11391
odzer@...
odzer2002
Jan 27, 2004 11:22 pm
Both from late writings, found in "Tales of Middle Earth", I think? ... That would be _Unfinished Tales_. But I'm willing to engage in a dialogue with you on...
11392
Stolzi@...
stolzi1us
Jan 27, 2004 11:53 pm
Unfortunately I have a dog in this fight; I liked Peter Weir's MASTER & COMMANDER far, far better than Jackson's film; and most of the several hundred ...
11393
Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
Jan 28, 2004 12:50 am
... Oh, I see now. What you mean is "The Wanderings of Húrin", published in _The War of the Jewels_ (_HoMe_ vol. XI)....
11394
Walkermonk@...
walkermonk
Jan 28, 2004 4:58 am
In a message dated 1/27/2004 10:31:29 AM Central Standard Time, jack@... writes: Music?!? What would you have wanted?>> Personally, I would have...
11395
Walkermonk@...
walkermonk
Jan 28, 2004 5:00 am
In a message dated 1/27/2004 12:25:10 PM Central Standard Time, jack@... writes: I think that you're attempting to decide everything's wrong...
11396
marcfcs
Jan 28, 2004 2:33 pm
... English ... as ... as ... these ... forced ... Good point. I didn't think about Morris and how he reconciled his romanticization of the medieval past with...
11397
marcfcs
Jan 28, 2004 2:42 pm
... website are ... correction) that ... appreciation got ... achievement ... it. The fun of the web where almost anyone can do a very professional looking...
11398
Croft, Janet B.
jbcroft73019
Jan 28, 2004 4:50 pm
I can't say I've ever seen The Lord of the Rings analyzed quite this way before... http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17664 Janet Brennan Croft ...
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Stolzi@...
stolzi1us
Jan 28, 2004 9:41 pm
In a message dated 1/28/2004 8:47:04 AM Central Standard Time, marcfcs@... writes: " I didn't look around enough to see it might have been primarily by...
11400
Stolzi@...
stolzi1us
Jan 28, 2004 9:42 pm
In a message dated 1/28/2004 8:39:48 AM Central Standard Time, marcfcs@... writes: " In thinking some more about it, Tolkien's often independent farmers...
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Tim Baker
galatins220
Jan 28, 2004 10:27 pm
I have to see the truth in some of the statements. It is an interesting article! I know how out of context it is, though I admit I chuckled my way through...
11402
Berni Phillips
berniphillips
Jan 29, 2004 1:33 am
From: "Croft, Janet B." <jbcroft@...> ... And you call yourself a Tolkien scholar, woman! Oh well, at least you didn't say you identified with the author....
11403
WendellWag@...
wendell_wagner
Jan 29, 2004 11:58 am
If any of you were interested in my discussion of how I became a major-league reader when neither of my parents read that much, I'd like to recommend a book...
11404
Joan Marie Verba
ftl_publicat...
Jan 29, 2004 2:09 pm
A discussion: http://www.livejournal.com/users/mollyringwraith...
11405
Ted Sherman
tedsherman1962
Jan 31, 2004 4:13 am
I don't remember seeing this come across the list, though it probably has. Ted http://jackflannel.org/lotr/ [Non-text portions of this message have been...
11406
David Bratman
dbratman1
Jan 31, 2004 11:49 pm
... Wait and see. I hear that Stephen R. Donaldson is in the pipeline. I have to say I'm a bit nervous about that one. The books were tedious enough. ... ...
11407
David Bratman
dbratman1
Jan 31, 2004 11:51 pm
... Yes, that's quite remarkable. Many socialists and other leftists, notably China Mieville and Michael Moorcock, are not able to get past this, and ...
11408
David Bratman
dbratman1
Jan 31, 2004 11:51 pm
... The Tolkien Ensemble's music is very evocative of the book: so much so, in fact, that it would be badly suited for Jackson's films, which is evocative of...
11409
Stolzi@...
stolzi1us
Feb 1, 2004 1:36 am
Watching a pre-Superbowl report tonight, and the reporter on scene said that the Patriots coach in his hood "looks like something from Middle Earth". Later, he...
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Stolzi@...
stolzi1us
Feb 1, 2004 2:10 am
In a message dated 1/31/2004 5:52:10 PM Central Standard Time, ... philosophy. ... anything about what ... Well, yes, David, but my point is that Distributism...
11411
Walkermonk@...
walkermonk
Feb 1, 2004 6:19 am
In a message dated 1/31/2004 5:52:43 PM Central Standard Time, dbratman@... writes: The Tolkien Ensemble's music is very evocative of the book: so...
11412
David Bratman
dbratman1
Feb 1, 2004 7:02 am
... Why not just wear a headset to the theatre and get a more pleasant soundtrack for the whole thing, not just the music? It's not like very much in the plot...
