To: SunkenCiv; HairOfTheDog; John Farson
To: nickcarraway
FWIW, he sent the first draft of The Fellowship of the Ring to his son Christopher, who was flying for the RAF in North Africa. In serial format, hand-typed. Now those are some letters from home!
To: nickcarraway
You left off the last sentence of the article:
“Perhaps it was because we declared war on Germany and not Mordor.”
To: nickcarraway
Well, now we know from whence he derived Orc-speech, such as:
"Uglúk u bagronk sha pushdug Saruman-glob búb-hosh skai"
Listening to Hitler's speeches, eh?
Cheers!
6 posted on
09/16/2009 9:54:36 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: nickcarraway
He was offered the job at the famous Bletchley Park code-breaking centre, but for reasons unknown, turned it and its £50,000 ($94,000) salary down.I find it hard to believe that in that era, he would have been offered so much money. A Spitfire in 1940 had a production cost of about $25,000. A P-51 mustang had a production cost of about $50,000.
8 posted on
09/16/2009 9:56:17 PM PDT by
fso301
To: nickcarraway
Tolkien was reknown... That should be: Tolkien was renowned...
Oh well, even writers about linguists can misspell occasionally.
11 posted on
09/16/2009 9:59:21 PM PDT by
stripes1776
("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
To: nickcarraway
Tolkien is also listed as one of the “principal collaborators in translation and literary revision” of the Jerusalem Bible. I own a copy of this Bible and find it very readable (if not always lyrical), and really enjoy its informative and insightful footnotes.
12 posted on
09/16/2009 10:01:58 PM PDT by
milagro
To: nickcarraway
Tolkien is also listed as one of the “principal collaborators in translation and literary revision” of the Jerusalem Bible. I own a copy of this Bible and find it very readable (if not always lyrical), and really enjoy its informative and insightful footnotes.
13 posted on
09/16/2009 10:02:01 PM PDT by
milagro
To: nickcarraway
A world without Legolas is a world I wouldn't want to live in.:)
14 posted on
09/16/2009 10:05:42 PM PDT by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: nickcarraway
“...but he refused the job and went on to complete his Lord of the Rings trilogy.”
That might be the reason right there. You’ve got to have your priorities set and not let a little old World War get in the way. Probably for the better, too.
15 posted on
09/16/2009 10:19:16 PM PDT by
PLMerite
(Speak Truth to Stupid.)
To: Saoirise
“with flying colours”
Pretty wild eh?
16 posted on
09/16/2009 10:23:01 PM PDT by
444Flyer
( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton; Rose in RoseBear; Lil'freeper
18 posted on
09/16/2009 10:49:12 PM PDT by
SuziQ
To: nickcarraway
19 posted on
09/16/2009 10:50:53 PM PDT by
GOP Poet
To: nickcarraway
Beren and Luthien wouldn’t have been able to penetrate the fastness of the Great Enemy without JRR Tolkien’s undercover work.
28 posted on
09/17/2009 3:15:34 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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