Comments on: Tolkien and Mortality

By: BoyncUnenoded

BoyncUnenoded — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:10:03 +0000

Hello.
I never thuoght I will agree with this opinion, but you knoe… I agree partially now.

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Reading Tolkien again… « Daniel’s Blog — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:41:56 +0000

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By: Gagan

Gagan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:07:35 +0000

Hey guys,
I read your post and i could not stop myself from replying. I really love lotr and silmarillion( sry for misspell).
I totally agree with you guys what you said about the anonymous. Honestly that guy is a COWARD. Yeah that’s right anonymus. He just comes in here to put water on all tolkien works? He was probably some messed up guy who did not really pay attention to all the detail of lotr. i have read all teh books probably 4 times. I am sure there are elves, dwarves in other books, i wonder if he meant that tolkien “borrowed’ them and used them from other sources. If that’s what he means than that’s plain stupid. Elves and dwarves been in many stories. I cant really say much more than this. Sorry if i used any bad language but i was really mad at the anonymus guy.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:28:08 +0000

I have to say that I love The Silmarillion. I first read it in High School and re-read it every few years or so…but then I am a major fan of the LOTR Trillogy. I just re-read The Silmarillion and have always been struck by the fact that Sauron is certainly demonic, but was not the “Boss”…that was Morgoth. Very complicated mythology, with resemblance to our Human/Catholic heritage…but not strictly analogous. When I first read the LOTR (as a young teen), I thought that the Elves were similar to Angels (immortality), but of course, there is no correlation. As for racism…oh crud…that is just silly. I’ve never read the Ring Cycle, but The Wizzard of Oz? Tolkien was telling Middle Earth stories to his children and writing them down LONG before he could have read L. Frank Baum’s writings. Similarity of structure (the quest theme) does not imply ANYTHING. I’d think that Beowulf would have been a greater influence on JRRT.
I am glad that Christopher Tolkien has continued to publish what he can of his father’s unfinished writings. It is difficult, as JRR had several versions of some of these tales in the works for YEARS!
Looking forward to the Hobbit movies.
Blessings all, EJT

By: Lantalamiste

Lantalamiste — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:25:05 +0000

Wasn’t the Wizard of Oz written after LOTR? (I haven’t read it since I was 10 or so, so I wouldn’t remember)
So, Anonymous, Tolkien is “racist” because he doesn’t show the orcs is a good light? Well, I don’t see any possible way he could have written the books with the orcs shown in a good light, unless he had them all “convert” and help the Elves (yeah right), and made Sauron have to create a whole new breed of orcs. But wait–then there would still be orcs shown in a bad light. Whoops.
Unless you meant he was being racist as in, he showed Sauron in a bad light? Now that is something to consider