Lines: 30 X-Admin: news@cs.com From: ottoyuhr@cs.com (Ottoyuhr) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Date: 11 Jun 2001 15:40:01 GMT References: <3B2381E0.6C0E4218@prodigy.net> Organization: CompuServe (http://www.compuserve.com/) Subject: Poll: Where would you live in M-E? [was Re: Could be worse!] Message-ID: <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pinatubo.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!netnews.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!portc03.blue.aol.com!audrey04.news.cs.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:39185 grimgard wrote: >Joshua Sims wrote: > >> "Count Menelvagor" wrote in message >> >> > As a child, I wanted very much to go to Narnia. The Hobbit, on the >> > other hand, left me largely unmoved. It was not until I read The Lord >> > of the Rings that Tolkien supplanted Lewis in my literary affections. >> >> I have to agree. There's something about Narnia that makes you wish you >> could go there, in spite of its literary shortcomings. But none of >Tolkien's >> worlds have me wishing I could step into them. >> > >I think that a large part of the appeal of the Narnia series for children is >that the protagonists are themselves children. It's far easier for a >twelve-year to identify with one of the children in the series than to >imagine >himself or herself as Bilbo Baggins. Tolkien's writing leaves me feeling a >great desire to visit Middle-earth, but not so much to actually be one of the >characters. > Interesting thought; let's make this a poll. Where would you [any poster] want to live, in what time period, and as what species? For myself, I would like to have been a Man in the future North Kingdom, during the First Age, or a Dwarf in Moria before the Balrog was awakened. ###### From: ebroadwe@dept.english.upenn.edu (Liz Broadwell) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Poll: Where would you live in M-E? [was Re: Could be worse!] Date: 11 Jun 2001 15:50:04 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 21 Message-ID: <9g2pbc$b62$1@netnews.upenn.edu> References: <3B2381E0.6C0E4218@prodigy.net> <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dept.english.upenn.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2-upenn1.3] Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pinatubo.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!netnews.com!news.voicenet.com!nntp.upenn.edu!dept.english.upenn.edu!ebroadwe Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:39112 Ottoyuhr (ottoyuhr@cs.com) wrote: : Interesting thought; let's make this a poll. Where would you [any poster] want : to live, in what time period, and as what species? : For myself, I would like to have been a Man in the future North Kingdom, : during the First Age, or a Dwarf in Moria before the Balrog was awakened. Hands down, a Numenorean in the island's third generation -- the society is well-established, the First Age is still a living memory ("What did you do in the War of the Jewels, Granddad?"), and the downhill slide is comfortably far off. Peace, Liz -- Elizabeth Broadwell | "Who will read 423 pages about an unfin- (ebroadwe@english.upenn.edu) | ished journey undertaken by mythical crea- Department of English | tures with confusing names? Probably no University of Pennsylvania | one, but I still say it is wonderful." Philadelphia, PA | -- Anne Barrett ###### From: KiltedJedi Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Poll: Where would you live in M-E? [was Re: Could be worse!] Message-ID: References: <3B2381E0.6C0E4218@prodigy.net> <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com> Organization: Wishart International Computing Reply-To: kiltedjedi@ntlworld.com X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.50 Lines: 18 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:55:06 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.107.35.1 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 992285695 213.107.35.1 (Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:54:55 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:54:55 BST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pinatubo.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!grolier!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:39247 In article <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com>, ottoyuhr@cs.com Swats Darth Maul aside to say > > Interesting thought; let's make this a poll. Where would you [any poster] want > to live, in what time period, and as what species? > > For myself, I would like to have been a Man in the future North Kingdom, > during the First Age, or a Dwarf in Moria before the Balrog was awakened. > I'd like to be one of the Rangers at the time of LOTR, there's nothing like a bit of adventure to keep you going -- Obi Wan:- Luke the force is strong in you Luke:- Sorry that must be the Chilli repeating To email replace usetheforce.luke with ntlworld.com Help find Life after earth http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ###### From: Donald Shepherd Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Poll: Where would you live in M-E? [was Re: Could be worse!] Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:57:35 +1000 Organization: Chicken Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <3B2381E0.6C0E4218@prodigy.net> <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.30.2 X-Trace: bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au 992307515 16095 192.168.30.2 (12 Jun 2001 00:58:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@uq.edu.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jun 2001 00:58:35 GMT X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.50 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pinatubo.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!news.stealth.net!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:39161 In article <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com>, ottoyuhr@cs.com says... > grimgard wrote: > > >Joshua Sims wrote: > > > >> "Count Menelvagor" wrote in message > >> > >> > As a child, I wanted very much to go to Narnia. The Hobbit, on the > >> > other hand, left me largely unmoved. It was not until I read The Lord > >> > of the Rings that Tolkien supplanted Lewis in my literary affections. > >> > >> I have to agree. There's something about Narnia that makes you wish you > >> could go there, in spite of its literary shortcomings. But none of > >Tolkien's > >> worlds have me wishing I could step into them. > >> > > > >I think that a large part of the appeal of the Narnia series for children is > >that the protagonists are themselves children. It's far easier for a > >twelve-year to identify with one of the children in the series than to > >imagine > >himself or herself as Bilbo Baggins. Tolkien's writing leaves me feeling a > >great desire to visit Middle-earth, but not so much to actually be one of the > >characters. > > > > Interesting thought; let's make this a poll. Where would you [any poster] want > to live, in what time period, and as what species? > > For myself, I would like to have been a Man in the future North Kingdom, > during the First Age, or a Dwarf in Moria before the Balrog was awakened. Rohan; Third Age; Orc. Hmmm... on second thoughts, maybe Rivendell; Third Age; Maia. -- Donald Shepherd Apathy killed the cat. ###### From: Ermanna Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Poll: Where would you live in M-E? [was Re: Could be worse!] Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:23:50 -0400 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3B258B39.C20ADA2D@erols.com> References: <3B2381E0.6C0E4218@prodigy.net> <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVbMhQH2qG9dzFJZPoV5YG2c6VqbmapubHKxTcZOTdXAABI+bvIJpMkD X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jun 2001 03:30:29 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pinatubo.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!colt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:39068 Ottoyuhr made dwagin-sized wripples in the Force: > Interesting thought; let's make this a poll. Where would you [any poster] want > to live, in what time period, and as what species? I am an Elf in Rivendell in the Fourth Age. I own Rivendell. I am the Lady of Rivendell. Fear me, Mortals! Bwahahahaha! What do you mean, Rivendell doesn't exist? Then where am I? Ermanna the Elven Jedi Knight Elbereth Gilthoniel! ###### From: buhrger@ecn.ab.ca () Subject: Re: Poll: Where would you live in M-E? [was Re: Could be worse!] Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <3B2381E0.6C0E4218@prodigy.net> <20010611114001.11294.00004401@ng-mp1.news.cs.com> <9g2pbc$b62$1@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: Edmonton Community Network X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.7] X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.161.206.7 Message-ID: <3b258b2f@ecn.ab.ca> Lines: 13 Date: 11 Jun 2001 21:23:27 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.161.206.2 X-Trace: read1 992316407 198.161.206.2 (Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:26:47 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:26:47 MDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pinatubo.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!west2.newsfeed.sprint-canada.net!feed1.cg.sfl.net!read1!ecn.ab.ca!buhrger Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:39233 Liz Broadwell (ebroadwe@dept.english.upenn.edu) wrote: : Hands down, a Numenorean in the island's third generation ditto, and for the same reasons ajb -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Buhr buhrger@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca Savour the Irony! buhra@infinity.gmcc.ab.ca http://freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~buhrger