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Lesser Ring  by Larner 3 Review(s)
KittyReviewed Chapter: 14 on 8/9/2005
Our dear Lady Nefiramonrani has now something to think of, doesn't she? Maybe she starts to realize there is more to their guests than she ever dreamt of. You know, I would like to hear something about her visit to Gondor! This would be interesting as well as amusing, I think.

It was lovely how Pippin sang for Arwen - especially as elves are gifted singers themselves. And I loved the talks Nefiramonrani had with Arwen and Ruvemir. It is a pity she can't work as apprentice to Ruvemir to learn something about the history of Middle-earth.

But if I may say it - I fear you have the reckoning confused a bit. The ringbearers departed over sea in T.A. 3021. If this is set eight years later and 10 years after the War of the Ring, which was 3019, it is 3029 and not 3041. So Arwen is 2788 (not that this little difference truly matters for someone nearly three millennia old). I hope you don't mind that I say that!

Author Reply: You are correct--will have to go in and fix that up. I do get off at times, and appreciate the corrections.

And it's fun to explore how different people end up reacting to new information that is totally counter to what they've known for themselves all their lives.

Again, thanks for the heads up.

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 14 on 8/9/2005
Well, Nefiramonrani has a good deal to chew on. She is certainly finding a lot of her assumptions being challenged. In a way, she reminds me of those hobbits who remained in the Shire, the ones JRRT described as "rustic"--they go along for years believing that the way things are among their own people and in their own land is the only "proper" way things should be, and challenges to that are met with amazement and sheer disbelief. I like the way you are exploring that same theme of his, but from a completely different perspective.

Author Reply: Isolation from other areas will have a similar reaction in the remote areas of the Shire as that seen in distant lands such as Harad when the people there begin actually interacting with others. And it's fun to see how the wife of the future Farozi is so similar in her confusion to Mrs. Tunnely in Pincup or Westhall in her reactions.

Glad you appreciate the exploration.

lindahoylandReviewed Chapter: 14 on 8/9/2005
I was impatient to read this so came here to do so as I am loving seeing how the two cultures interact.You raise some interesting points about elves.
Thanks for your reply.I admit I find Hobbits hard to write,Pippinis the easiest,I think.You do them well.
I have written Aragorn in a rage once or twice.I imagine he would be quite terrifying.It must be hard to have such great power and never misuse it.It must be fascinating to be able to compare diferent editions of LOTR.I've only seen later ones.

Author Reply: I first read LOTR in 63-64, before the release of the second edition, and my first personal copies were the infamous ACE paperback edition which relied on galley proofs of the original printing in the U.S. The second edition was a response to the Ace publication, which had taken advantage of a loophole in the copyright laws at the time to do their paperback publication. Then he did some more little tweaking for an unheralded third edition--the only difference I've found is that in the first and second editions when Aragorn indicates what throne name he will take he says "Elessar Telcontar" in the first and second, with the addition of "Envinyatar" as a middle name in the third.

I try to include all kinds of characters in my stories, so have to watch my language usage for each one to keep him consistent with Tolkien's original at least somewhat, augmented, of course, by the characterizations we've seen in the two film presentations, although of course the Jackson presentation takes precidence over the Bakshi. Glad to see you responding here, as we can give feedback on the feedback here where we can't on that other site.

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