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Honestly, it has been a couple of years since I've read the Silmarillion, so my memory of the details is shaky. I plan on rereading it next month when the new illustrated edition comes out.
I'll go out on a limb and say that he did see Aman and Valinor in the Time of the Trees, since he is older than Time itself and began as a Maiar of Aule. Truly he had seen many wondrous creations, and even took part in the Ainulindale (the creation of Arda). Numenor's achievements must have been borderline miraculous.
I wonder that as well. It's really cool to think about.
I'm really looking forward to the release of >!The Fall of Numenor!< in November. (I'm putting the title of this volume in a spoiler block because the title alone is a spoiler.) It collects a bunch of Tolkien's Second Age writings and edits them into a continuous narrative, kind of how Christopher Tolkien did to pit together The Children of Hurin. I really love The Children of Hurin. I It's Tolkien writing in a different mode than either LOTR or The Silmarillion. The history of Arda as a whole has strong elements of tragedy, but The Children of Hurin is - to use Christopher Tolkien's term - less 'epitomising' than The Silmarillion: more 'close up' and detailed in a way that's closer to LOTR, but it feels to me much more like a tragedy in the classical sense.
If >!The Fall of Numenor!< is anywhere near as well put together as The Children of Hurin, it will be great fun reading it.
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.
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That's how I understood it too, the changing seasons and signs to look out for. So, when they refer to "bad omen", that's when something isn't happening as the book says it should? This time, it's hunters and wolves being around earlier than expected, and later the "strange skies" and the starfall. And they also said last time they had such an omen, the "Great Frost" happened.
I'm not sure if the meteor is actually in the book though? Nori refers to the pages she took simply as "star charts".
This is the official character description from Amazon website:
>Sadoc is the Harfoots’ Trailfinder, a wise leader who guides his community to safety on their annual migrations. He carries the wisdom of generations and is tasked with holding the secrets hidden in the stars.
Now, Idk if it means actual "secrets" or it could just be a fancy way of saying that he can read the stars and guide the others on when to move and where to go. Probably the latter.
yeah they should have used a short sleeve shirt instead
From the list provided above, while overall I'd prefer the 4 book box set, I'm actually gonna go for the TV-tie in omnibus book, simply because I think that with this being the sub for the show, awarding a book tied in with the TV show makes more sense for the sub.
On the other hand, I'd suggest a book not on the list: [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fall-N%C3%BAmenor-Other-Second-Middle-earth/dp/0008537836/ref=asc_df_0008537836/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241334009273&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5047359214339492945&hvpone=&hvptwo=&... upcoming Fall of Numenor) being released in November. This would be a good giveaway because the book is chronicling the Second Age, much in the same way the show is (I still think its no coincidence the Tolkien Estate releases this new book around the same time as the show). So I think it'd be a good choice for the giveaway.
My most desired book would be Peoples of Middle-earth. https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Middle-Earth-History-Vol-12/dp/0395827604/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1658165064&sr=1-1 I don't care about different editions of the same book.
>99% of people today would have no idea what words like “Gandalf” and “The Shire” mean.
Fwiw I got into Tolkien in the early '90s and while his books didn't have the same awareness they do after the movies, they were still extremely well-known as part of the popular culture.
There was a pizza place called Bilbo's two towns over, my best friend's parents (not big fantasy fans) had a grey cat named Gandalf, the local book store stocked multiple editions of Tolkien's books as well as Lord of the Rings tarot cards and the Middle-earth Roleplaying game books. I saw this poster many times in multiple stores, including Target.
I won't say that the Peter Jackson movies didn't increase the popularity of Tolkien's books, but they were already pretty darn popular. Just because most people under 30 saw the movies before reading the books doesn't mean that they wouldn't have found them eventually.
No of course not, the California Raisins will be performing all the music for the show and they've always avoided politics.
I beg to differ, it is to me a very shortsighted conclusion to come to so quickly.
If you're keen to expand your thoughts, then I recommend you this book from Susan Ackerman called 'When Heroes Love'. I've done a critical assessment of it for my dissertation, and whilst I disagree with a lot of things, it is to me a strong platform to raise constructive conversations about how the heteronormative gaze that blinds so many has distorted so many ancient narratives, notably mostly religious by nature.
https://www.amazon.com/When-Heroes-Love-Ambiguity-Gilgamesh/dp/0231132603
J.R.R. Tolkien obviously articulated his stories through his own experience of life and the world, shaped by his own specific education, but I maintain that progress and enlightenment of the human mind is tearing those veils down. I sincerely hope the writers of the tv show are willing to dare to go further, even if most of you all disagree, softly cloaked in this heteronormativity that empowers you.
Once again, thanks for your non condescending reply even if disagreeing. That's pretty rare.
He is further along his plan to destroy me: every time I log onto Prime I see stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want.
Like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LC65QA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
How can I resist some putt-putt while I poop-poop?
So for those without iTunes & Spotify you can also listen to the podcast directly on Buzzsprout here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/240973 has all the episodes listed etc....As mentioned before it’s also on Overcast and is being uploaded to YouTube for future episodes, Any other mediums you guys would recommend?? Also show feedback is appreciated, We mostly aim to educate each other and just have a laugh which hopefully you guys chuckle along too as well 👍🏻
I'm an Android guy, which eliminates iTunes as an option, and I currently use Google Podcasts to listen to and manage my podcast subscriptions. (Pocket Casts might be more popular among Redditors, though.)
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I don't have anything against Spotify, and your podcast sounds dope, but I don't want to have to download another app and create an account on another service just to listen to one podcast.
I'm familiar with The Silmarillion, but just to confirm the other?