Gems from the Letters - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

lindil Gems from the Letters 10-15-2002, 06:30 PM

Westerly Wizard "The real theme for me is... 10-15-2002, 07:14 PM

Child of the 7th Age Lindil -- I am glad that... 10-15-2002, 10:41 PM

Fool-of-a-Took Excuse the ignorance but I... 10-16-2002, 01:16 AM

HerenIstarion Not Lewis Carrol, lol, Clive... 10-16-2002, 03:02 AM

*Varda* Regretfully, I don't have the... 10-16-2002, 03:08 AM

Guinevere Thank you, Lindil, this is a... 10-17-2002, 11:22 AM

Child of the 7th Age Guievere, Thanks so much... 10-17-2002, 11:48 AM

lindil Notes on Auden's review of... 10-18-2002, 04:50 AM

HerenIstarion ex L257 To Christopher... 10-18-2002, 05:49 AM

lindil from letter 339 to 'the Daily... 10-20-2002, 05:26 PM

HerenIstarion 211 To Rhona Beare 14... 10-21-2002, 02:34 AM

Maédhros I have read the Letters of... 10-21-2002, 10:26 AM

Diamond18 If this post had a title it... 10-25-2002, 11:50 AM

HerenIstarion I've found the following so... 10-30-2002, 05:01 AM

Diamond18 This is quite brief...but it... 11-03-2002, 04:59 PM

HerenIstarion Re: Gems from the Letters 11-06-2002, 12:43 AM

HerenIstarion Re: Gems from the Letters 12-27-2002, 01:20 AM

lindil I just came across this FAQ... 12-29-2002, 01:41 PM

Guinevere Thank you, Lindil, this link... 12-30-2002, 01:39 PM

lindil Yoa are [belatedly] of course... 01-24-2003, 08:34 AM

doug*platypus I've always been a bit... 01-26-2003, 05:28 AM

Guinevere I agree with all that you... 01-26-2003, 07:13 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh This is somewhat frivolous,... 03-02-2003, 11:58 AM

Legolas haha - a good one, Squatter!... 03-03-2003, 02:00 PM

Turambar Squatter -- the only... 03-03-2003, 02:04 PM

Rimbaud Tolkien's fierce hatred for... 03-03-2003, 02:07 PM

Turambar Rimbaud: the only good part... 03-03-2003, 02:26 PM

Bêthberry Methinks, Turambar, that... 03-03-2003, 02:28 PM

Turambar I'm not sure I buy that, at... 03-03-2003, 02:33 PM

Annunfuiniel I think there's a slight... 03-09-2003, 11:16 AM

lindil From letter 205 to CJRT. ... 03-11-2003, 01:41 AM

Annunfuiniel lindil, I believe it's "...,... 03-11-2003, 02:03 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Here's a topical one: 03-19-2003, 05:30 PM

alaklondewen I have just started reading... 03-21-2003, 08:59 PM

Guinevere Here is another topical one... 03-22-2003, 03:44 PM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh From letter #96 to... 03-28-2003, 05:45 PM

Legolas Why Bombadil's whole purpose... 03-29-2003, 12:15 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Here's Tolkien on Tom... 05-08-2003, 03:41 PM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh I was talking to Estelyn... 08-16-2003, 07:20 AM

Raynor I took the liberty of... 04-04-2007, 02:07 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Tolkien on the public domain 04-06-2007, 01:32 PM

Mister Underhill Indeed, a great letter,... 08-16-2003, 09:08 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Indeed so, Underhill. I can... 09-04-2003, 01:35 PM

Evisse the Blue I thought this bit was cute:... 02-05-2004, 02:51 AM

Celuien This is a favorite of mine... 05-29-2005, 07:08 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh An Unexpected Party 02-07-2004, 09:06 AM

Guest "The original twerp" is... 02-23-2004, 03:51 PM

HerenIstarion Merriam-Webster Online... 02-24-2004, 02:21 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Twerp 02-26-2004, 02:29 PM

Guest That's a good start,... 02-27-2004, 01:39 PM

Amarie of the Vanyar One of my favourite gem from... 03-06-2004, 02:29 PM

Son of Númenor One of my favourite excerpts... 06-13-2004, 02:41 PM

mark12_30 up 12-07-2004, 02:03 PM

Encaitare Thanks for bumping that one... 12-07-2004, 07:45 PM

gorthaur_cruel I always thought Tolkien's... 12-08-2004, 12:51 AM

03-03-2003, 02:28 PM	#13
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Methinks, Turambar, that Tolkien's objection to both Shakespeare and Disney is the bowderization of the original fairy tales which both engaged in. Nice to see you back, though. Bethberry __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.