What should be changed in a New Silmarillion? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 04-10-2001, 05:54 AM

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* * * * I will leave this thread with you all as I shall be posting very little in the coming month.
I do hope to peep in regularly , but my time due to finishing shool, moving and starting a new job will be limited.

So ...
A general question to generate a bit of discussion I hope. The reply can be specific to a sentence as in Fingolfin's words before Feanor and Manwe or general as in 'I would put all the second and third age stories into one long tale, or can be more hypothetical,or should all spelling of Orcs be Orks etc. ?' It is a wide open topic and if any particular question decelops fully it can of course be spun off to form it's own thread

I will start with a query, could there be an appendices of 'Legends of uncertain authenticity' this could contain for instance the Aelfwine coming to Tol Eressea and learning of the stories? the second prophecy concerning Turin and Morgoth.? there are several strands that were left out of later versions but still hold value and interest so perhaps the could be placed in an appendix.
Any thoughts on this or other type proposals?

A second one -
Should the Tale of the Children of Hurin and a longer Fall of Gondolin [salvaging much of the Lost Tales version w/ name updates] be given in a full version in the Silmarillion text or as CRT compressed it w/ the 'full' version available in an app. ?

a third one
CRT basically left out many of the changes in the Morgoth's Ring version of the silmarillion [the latest version of JRRT] for seeming stylistic discrepancies, is there a good reason to retain the condensed versioons or should the final one be used as the prmary text.

Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 4/10/01 1:21:13 pm

04-10-2001, 05:54 AM	#1
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	What should be changed in a New Silmarillion? <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 590</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> * * * * I will leave this thread with you all as I shall be posting very little in the coming month. I do hope to peep in regularly , but my time due to finishing shool, moving and starting a new job will be limited. So ... A general question to generate a bit of discussion I hope. The reply can be specific to a sentence as in Fingolfin's words before Feanor and Manwe or general as in 'I would put all the second and third age stories into one long tale, or can be more hypothetical,or should all spelling of Orcs be Orks etc. ?' It is a wide open topic and if any particular question decelops fully it can of course be spun off to form it's own thread I will start with a query, could there be an appendices of 'Legends of uncertain authenticity' this could contain for instance the Aelfwine coming to Tol Eressea and learning of the stories? the second prophecy concerning Turin and Morgoth.? there are several strands that were left out of later versions but still hold value and interest so perhaps the could be placed in an appendix. Any thoughts on this or other type proposals? A second one - Should the Tale of the Children of Hurin and a longer Fall of Gondolin [salvaging much of the Lost Tales version w/ name updates] be given in a full version in the Silmarillion text or as CRT compressed it w/ the 'full' version available in an app. ? a third one CRT basically left out many of the changes in the Morgoth's Ring version of the silmarillion [the latest version of JRRT] for seeming stylistic discrepancies, is there a good reason to retain the condensed versioons or should the final one be used as the prmary text. Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 4/10/01 1:21:13 pm __________________ 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.