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April 18, 2005
Speaking of Tolkien
Somebody asked me "Why don't you write more on LOTR?" I dunno.
Look, I love Lord of the Rings; my beloved and much-dog-earred copy was given to me in 1975, fer goodness sake, and it's falling apart from being read a gazillion times. In the late 70s I was fairly proficient in written Dwarvish (I never could figure out Elvish, although I was quite a hounddog in college...). "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" is one of the finest chapters ever to spring from the mind of any man. I watch "The Ride of the Rohirrim" once a month with the surround sound friggin' cranked and I blubber like a baby through it. But it's just not something I write a lot about, and there are so many other folks who do it so much better.
Want to meet for a beer (or six) sometime? We'll discuss all of his related writings for hours; hell, even a few of his unrelated writings. But I don't see me writing about it any time soon. Unless I do.
I will, however, link to Dwarf and Elf Jokes.
And gnomes are an entirely different matter.
Posted by Mr. Bingley at April 18, 2005 09:14 PM