News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
| About Us News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
|
| Stewards of Arda by perelleth | 5 Review(s) |
|---|---|
| Haleth | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/10/2008 |
| You don’t want to hear the rest of the story. I already know the rest of the story. It's repeated over and over and over again in the Western Hemisphere (and probably other places, I just know more about the specifics here.) The story is a beautifully told tragedy. I wish it weren't so dared real. Author Reply: Thank- you Haleth. Reality almost always surpasses fiction, I believe. I just threw in the elves just to get some hope... :-) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/10/2008 |
| And we continue in our destruction of the world and its beauty and diversity.... Author Reply: YOU are right. I can only hope that somethng good comes out of this, too. Thank you for reading, Larner! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/22/2006 |
| I am in a state of confusion here. I know this was here earlier and I know it appeared again last night. So if you suddenly find it's where it should be and you have an additional, slightly confused, review, that's why. Lindelea's 'Love Light Gleaming' story did the same thing - and has now returned to its original date plus original reviews. Weird. Author Reply: The tale goes like this: Yesterday I tried to look up a book that Fp had recommended in her review and found the story missing. I then told NIlmandra, for the delete function seemed a three-steps-thing , too much for even someone my distracted to do it inadvertently. Nilmandra kindly spent half of her Sunday searching the database. In the meantime, more people reported lost stories. Our genius webmistress found the errant stories and repost them, yet first they came out with yesterday's date... and I could not get to the story to insert a warning, for the edit function for taht story wasn't available... And that's how it went, a bunch of stories decided to go wandering in the night! I wonder if they sat and talked together! :-) SO apologies for the confusion, (poor daw, she couldn't believe it, either...) these things apparently happen even in the most organized cyberspace! :-) And thanks for taking the time of re-reading and re-reviewibng! ;-) | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/22/2006 |
| Perelleth, I think I must be getting senile. I thought I read and reviewed this already but I see from the posting date that that's not possible. Anyway, I liked this glimpse of Thranduil trying to relate to these people who are like his own, but lack his centuries of wisdom. And he does seem wise here. He knows what will happen and he also knows he can't stop it. Author Reply: No, no, no, you are not ! ;-) Nor is it a side effect of jet lag! The tale goes like this: Yesterday I tried to look up a book that Fp had recommended in her review and found the story missing. I then told NIlmandra, for the delete function seemed a three-steps-thing , too much for even someone my distracted to do it inadvertently. Nilmandra kindly spent half of her Sunday searching the database. In the meantime, more people reported lost stories. Our genius webmistress found the errant stories and repost them, yet first they came out with yesterday's date... and I could not get to the story to insert a warning, for the edit function for taht story wasn't available... Apologies for the confusion daw... I couldn't believe it myself when I went searching for the story and it wasn't. i thought, hey, I thought I had post that HERE ! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/22/2006 |
| I love Thranduil here in the forest - I'm not surprised the shaman appreciates his presence. The shaman's recognition that his people are fading must have been painful for Thranduil, who has seen his own people disappear from their natural environment. (Although I still think there is an element of self-inflicted - their gene pool is far too small and blood feuds are not a good way for the population to thrive.) I liked this before - and enjoyed it again. Author Reply: I agree that there is a part of self-inflicted. Their way of living suited them and their needs until the external conditions made it impossible, and they weren't able to change and adapt. That's the story of every extinction. It is never because of one only reason. Only a way of living suddenly becomes unsustainiable and the poopulation slowly decays and disspaears. I'm glad that you enjoyed enough to give it a second reading and reviewing, many thanks! (i'm working in the second chapter) | |