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**lindil** · 03-17-2002, 07:30 PM

Great to see all of the emthusiasm Mhoram.

I in some thread or another put forth the idea that a 'canonical' or rather revised Silm incorporating the vast amouts of non-integrated material in HoME and UT could then be a pring board for a completely independent Fan-fiction project which can complete gaps [Hurin's wanderings from Brethil to Menegroth for example] and of course largely uncharted area's such as the Elven winegrowers of Dorthonion or the Wars of Arthedain. These would be based on a coherent Rev. Silm or I should say Translations from the Elvish[w/ the 2nd and third ages presented in brief in Akallabeth and of the Rings of power, and in oiur version fleshed out w/ UT, HoME12 and the LotR appendices.]

Anyway, I think the revising of the 'Silm' or Translations of the Elvish as I would prefer to call it, [[because I imagine 1/2 of the 3 volumes would be the appendices to the Silm [Osanwe-Kenta, Quendi and Eldar, Laws and Customs, Athrabeth commentary, and some sort of Elvish word and stem list , and the 2nd and 3rd ages up to the LotR]] should be the basis of any large scale Fan-Fiction.

just my opinion,
lindil

03-17-2002, 07:30 PM	#8
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Great to see all of the emthusiasm Mhoram. I in some thread or another put forth the idea that a 'canonical' or rather revised Silm incorporating the vast amouts of non-integrated material in HoME and UT could then be a pring board for a completely independent Fan-fiction project which can complete gaps [Hurin's wanderings from Brethil to Menegroth for example] and of course largely uncharted area's such as the Elven winegrowers of Dorthonion or the Wars of Arthedain. These would be based on a coherent Rev. Silm or I should say Translations from the Elvish[w/ the 2nd and third ages presented in brief in Akallabeth and of the Rings of power, and in oiur version fleshed out w/ UT, HoME12 and the LotR appendices.] Anyway, I think the revising of the 'Silm' or Translations of the Elvish as I would prefer to call it, [[because I imagine 1/2 of the 3 volumes would be the appendices to the Silm [Osanwe-Kenta, Quendi and Eldar, Laws and Customs, Athrabeth commentary, and some sort of Elvish word and stem list , and the 2nd and 3rd ages up to the LotR]] should be the basis of any large scale Fan-Fiction. just my opinion, lindil __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.