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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 17, 2023 17:33:51 GMT -5
I've been thinking about the creepier moments in Tolkien's works lately and I think he would have made a very good horror writer. For me, one of my favourite creepy moments is when the fellowship are in the mines of Moria. The way Tolkien conjures up a palpably oppressive and sinister atmosphere in this section, as the fellowship make their way through the darkened mines, is masterful. Other moments in The Lord of the Rings that have a creepy, horror-esque flavour to them are the Ringwraith's pursuit of the hobbits through the Shire and the scene where Frodo and Sam encounter Shelob -- particularly Tolkien's description of her eyes shining in the darkness and silently advancing towards the hobbits. What are your favourite creepy moments in Tolkien's legendarium? For my money the Barrow Wrights always scared me as a kid, I stopped reading there on my first attempt I believe, but it's one of my favorite moments now. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 18, 2023 1:09:28 GMT -5
A Beatles/LotRs mash up ticks all the boxes for me ...   |
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Post by Calidore on Dec 18, 2023 10:15:56 GMT -5
"The Ballad of Sam and Frodo"
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 18, 2023 12:30:29 GMT -5
Potato Fields Forever
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Post by Calidore on Dec 18, 2023 13:53:18 GMT -5
All I Need Is Precious
Drive My Warg
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 18, 2023 14:05:06 GMT -5
Carry that Weight
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Dec 18, 2023 14:10:11 GMT -5
Is there a Weird Al parody of that one called "Carry that Wight?" -M |
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Post by Calidore on Dec 18, 2023 14:51:21 GMT -5
Long after the war, the building of a sports stadium on the Pellenor Fields inspired this lament on the crass commercialization of historical sites: "Pellenor Rugby"
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 18, 2023 15:19:42 GMT -5
"Mirk Wood (This Dragon Has Flown)"
"Got To Get You into My Shire"
"I Am the Balrog"
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Especially Me and My Precious"
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 18, 2023 18:45:56 GMT -5
Mortal Men's rings number nine.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Dec 21, 2023 11:30:58 GMT -5
An analysis of why Theoden is such an amazing character. As a kid, I obviously preferred Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. But as an adult, when I come back to the movies, it is Theoden's story that moves me the most, along with Sam.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 21, 2023 12:36:29 GMT -5
An analysis of why Theoden is such an amazing character. As a kid, I obviously preferred Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. But as an adult, when I come back to the movies, it is Theoden's story that moves me the most, along with Sam. The scene at Theodred's grave when Theoden fights back his tears and says that no parent should have to bury their children is just heartbreaking. Bernard Hill did a bang up job in those movies. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 29, 2023 12:47:31 GMT -5
My sister got me a hardcover copy of The Fall of Númenor for Christmas. It's a handsome looking volume, with some lovely illustrations and pencil sketches by Alan Lee. I'm looking forward to delving into this and brushing up on my Second Age of Middle-Earth knowledge.  |
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Post by berkley on Dec 31, 2023 1:27:07 GMT -5
I might look for that myself one of these days, though I think I might wait for a cheap, pocket-size edition - assuming there will be one eventually, which I suppose isn't necessarily guaranteed to happen. But I have the impression that most of these posthumous collections have gone through a few editions of varying size and elaborateness.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Dec 31, 2023 1:37:11 GMT -5
I might look for that myself one of these days, though I think I might wait for a cheap, pocket-size edition - assuming there will be one eventually, which I suppose isn't necessarily guaranteed to happen. But I have the impression that most of these posthumous collections have gone through a few editions of varying size and elaborateness. I wouldn't hold your breath. The Mass Market paperback really isn't a viable edition in the current market, and not a lot of books get released in it now. Not enough units move to make that format viable, so higher price point editions like trade paperbacks (book format not collected comic editions) and hardcovers are the norm, and many books only get a hardcover edition. If they go back to press to keep it in print, it's likely a fancier deluxe edition at a higher price point with new features to tempt those who bought the previous hardcover to rebuy it to get the extras. If you want a cheaper version, you'll likely have to settle for an ebook, as that is what has replaced the mass market paperback in the market for the most part. The customers who are still buying print editions are buying the higher scale versions and have been for some time which led to the decline in mass market paperback sales at a steady rate for the last decade and a half. There's a few newerish sword & sorcery editions out there I was hoping to wait fo get in a mass market paperback but I've been told by the authors themselves not to expect it, it's not even a format brought up in contract negotiations with most of the writers of genre fiction these days. Hardcover, if it does well a follow up trade sized paperback and if that does well, some kind of deluxe collectors edition (like those with gold foil, new illustrations, embossed covers etc. offered through online sellers not usually brick & mortar stores) could be possible. Could they make a come back some day, it's possible, but right now it's a format that doesn't have a large enough customer base to make it viable for publishers. Especially since libraries don't want them either, preferring the hardcovers and trade paperbacks not mass market paperbacks for circulation and libraries are the largest single buyers of print editions in the market. -M Edit to add, and those that do get release in that format are no longer a cheap alternative as economy of scale on the smaller print runs in that format works against that making per unit costs higher and raising msrp on that format. |
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