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It’s a blank journal with an offensive cover, intended to be funny.
Why Women Deserve Less: 110 Page, Wide Ruled 6” x 9” Blank Lined Journal (Funny Fake Book Covers by The Nasty) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0848QQSBY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_EPDKPZ4GWCDG0WV3YWK3
Yes, but can you read my comment again? I said, that apparently the book has all pages blank. That's all I know, I'm not assuming, nor it's my observation, it's just something I know. Here you can see that it is actually a real product and guess what — all the pages are blank! Who would've guessed.
You sure do like to assume the worst of people, don't you?
A quick look on Amazon shows that it's a 6" x 9" BLANK lined journal
https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Women-Deserve-Less-Journal/dp/B0848QQSBY
The HoMe books are really just the collected earlier, abandoned and alternative drafts of the main 'canon' material that makes up the contents of the Silmarillion and LOTR. There are some very interesting bits and pieces that are only found in them, but yeah I'd read the main books again first. Also, if you want a quick path to a deeper understanding of the whole mythos, add to your list one more book, the Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, which does in fact touch on this and a whole lot of other fascinating core details.
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien-J-R/dp/0618056998 An Amazon link to The Letters of Tolkien Unfortunately I can't help you I asked because I plan to do the same after I finish with the Witcher and I wasn't sure about the order
The Journals of Lewis and Clark edited by Bernard DeVoto is a really good read.
i'm a huge Tolkien fan too. if you read his letters https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien-J-R/dp/0618056998 it discussed this and says that a different letter was probably sent to the German publisher. the one that you quoted was in Tolkien's publishers files which means it wasn't actually sent.
When somebody types Letters, in italics, they are referring to this book:
> it seems like there are some really valuable Tolkien insight into the lore.
Absolutely. There’s a tremendous wealth of info on the Legendarium buried in them.
> Is there a good reliable place for me to find them to read and take notes on?
They’re collected in *The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter with a little help from Christopher Tolkien. You can buy it here, or from any other reputable retailer.
There is indeed! It would be this one here.
I know there are a few different listings for Tolkien that use "Tolkien+Letters" in the title, so I feel ya.
Never fear. We know how Tolkien felt on this issues... he was very vocal in his opinions & wrote many letters making his views clear.
His son Christopher once went to South Africa under apartheid during WWII & was shocked at the poverty & misery of POC & the indigenous people there.
He wrote his father, to which Tolkien replied:
"As for what you say or hint of 'local' conditions: I knew of them. I don't think they have much changed (even for the worse). I used to hear them discussed by my mother; and have ever since taken a special interest in that part of the world. The treatment of colour nearly always horrifies anyone going out from Britain & not only in South Africa." (Letter, April 19, 1944).
So he wasn't into racist, colorist apartheid at all.
He was also vocal in rejection of white supremacy & anti-Semitism. His German publisher before the war once dared wrote him to ask if he was "Aryan." Tolkien fired back (while slamming their abuse of the word Aryan): "I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian... But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people." (Letter, July 29, 1938)
Tolkien was raised & lived in a racist, imperialist & colonialist UK. He was not perfect; he was human. However for a person of his time, he was extremely progressive.
He was also an environmentalist & was against nuclear weapons from their very invention.
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien-J-R/dp/0618056998
He did eventually change his tune on this, but that was changed during the revisions. I am not sure if he released versions of the books before these revisions occurred so you might have a version that pre-dates this decision by him. But, even with his change of heart it's specifically NOT allegory. That didn't change. It's just that he says its fundamentally a Catholic book.
The quote: "The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism"
This is a quote from the collection of letters published in The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. You can buy that book and read tons of letters he wrote people covering tons of additional information on concepts or decisions he made during the writing, as well as his speculation on things that were never codified in the books themselves.
Hey I know I'm a day late, but I still wanted to add something. Something that helped me a lot personally was reading about Lou Sullivan, a gay trans man who lives from 1951-91. He wrote in his diary a lot and most of it was about having sex with/lusting after other gay men. His dairies are published now and you can buy them off Amazon, but if you're not a reader you can just read his Wikipedia article lmao.
I don't know why but knowing that gay trans men existed pre Internet and had relationships with other men really helped solidify the idea that I'm not fetishizing gay men in my head, that I'm actually attracted to them because I'm gay.
We Both Laughed in Pleasure: the diaries of pioneering trans activist Lou Sullivan
I got it in a subscription box and it's not available by itself 😭 there's a couple people selling it on eBay though if you search for "Owlcrate Addie journal". and this one on Amazon is similar but for 5 years https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452174792/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_9ac6FbRYY5YTM
This is a thoughtful, engaging post and a unique theory.
I haven’t read the replies yet, but I’m confident that any conflicts with the wealth of established (and expanded lore) only facilitates more analysis and creative thought. Tolkien would have loved this even if it doesn’t jive with the world he was building (and constantly tweaking until the day he died, by the way).
He corresponded with friends and colleagues constantly ... answering questions and working out the details, always with the goal of ensuring the world was internally consistent (and congruent with Christian values, expressed in a secular way). If you’re interested in these correspondences, please check out The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
I digress.
You can read out it in their own words...
https://www.amazon.com/Journals-Lewis-Clark-Expedition/dp/0395859964
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You can also try this book - The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz(https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Could-Change-World/dp/162097066X).It is a good book which I sometimes read. It contains a wonderful collection of his thoughts on various issues like education ,unschooling,his view on how things work in real world plus everything which he posted in his blog. If you are really interested in knowing how he thinks, you would love this book without a doubt.
I really enjoyed The Journals of Lewis and Clark and Undaunted Courage
Two books that compile his writings, both are good for different reasons:
Longer book (all of his writings? 800 pages): https://www.amazon.com/Raw-Thought-Nerve-Inside-Swartz/dp/9881525705/ref=sr_1_3_twi_pap_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478361351&sr=8-3&keywords=aaron+swartz
One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke is an absolute classic.
Indian Creek Chronicles by Pete Fromm is another of my favorites.
Tolkien got a letter about this and gave an answer. It's a bit too long to quote here, but if you can find The Letters of JRR Tolkien it's letter 214.