"just a book" or "a descriptive treatise on an imaginary ecosphere " ? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 07-24-2003, 08:15 PM

"Yeah, I tend to treat LotR more like "just a book" then a lot of other posters here do. And taking LotR as a story -- rather than as a descriptive treatise on an imaginary ecosphere --"

were the legendary [now becoming mythical?] Galpsi's words during the early days of the Downs.

Where do you stand on this continuum and why?

And if perchance Middle-Earth does not quite make it past 'a story' for you, are there other fictives that do?

[ July 28, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ]

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lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	"just a book" or "a descriptive treatise on an imaginary ecosphere " ? "Yeah, I tend to treat LotR more like "just a book" then a lot of other posters here do. And taking LotR as a story -- rather than as a descriptive treatise on an imaginary ecosphere --" were the legendary [now becoming mythical?] Galpsi's words during the early days of the Downs. Where do you stand on this continuum and why? And if perchance Middle-Earth does not quite make it past 'a story' for you, are there other fictives that do? [ July 28, 2003: Message edited by: 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.