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10-31-2006, 11:36 AM | #1 | |
Spirit of the Lonely Star
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Again.....in memorium
Another one of the early commentators on Tolkien has passed away. J. E. A. Tyler died on October 28, just eleven days after he received a diagnosis of cancer.
Tyler is the author of the Tolkien Companion published in 1976. That book has gone through multiple revisions and reprintings, the latest in 2002. It is one of the few print guides that lists name from HoMe in addition to Silm, Hobbit, and LotR. Many days, I grab for the volume if there's a name in a post I don't recognize. Tyler also wrote a number of other books including a good one on the Beatles that I own. In the final edition of his book, Tyler had this to say about JRRT: Quote:
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10-31-2006, 01:16 PM | #2 | |
Cryptic Aura
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What a remembrance and what a life! How splendid that someone who viewed life as a cosmic joke could find such interest and reward in Middle-earth.
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10-31-2006, 01:22 PM | #3 | |
Desultory Dwimmerlaik
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~*~ Pio *thumbing through the much used, dog-eared book . . .
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10-31-2006, 01:43 PM | #4 |
Pilgrim Soul
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I don't know if I would have got through the Silmarillion the first time without Tyler and Foster to help me keep track of the similary name characters. I lent them to my god daughter when I hoped that she might get the Tolkien bug rather than merely the Orlando Bloom bug ... could use them still... time to reclaim ...
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11-01-2006, 06:41 AM | #5 |
A Mere Boggart
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Well I never! I only discovered Tyler's guide around a year ago when I spotted it on eBay and decided to get meself a new treat (its a first edition). I didn't know he was a Scouser, and to boot involved in the music scene. He must have known John Peel (one of my heroes), and he established the irreverent NME we know today; not only that but he's responsible for Julie Burchill - some would not know whether to say if this is a good or a bad thing...
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