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| Neath Anor, Ithil, and Gil by Larner | 8 Review(s) |
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| Soledad | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 9/1/2008 |
| You just had to trigger my arachnophobia, hadn't you? *g* Excellently done, Larner. What a chilly idea! And it blends wonderfully with the main body of your stories as well - world-building at its best. Author Reply: Sorry 'bout that, Soledad. Yup, arachnophobes, beware! And I'm honored! Thank you! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 9/1/2008 |
| Wow! I think "creepy" is the best adjective to describe the atmosphere you created here! I haven't read a story from a spider's point of view so far. But I found your Shelob and Ungolianth very convincing. And if I think of what happened to Frodo in one of your stories after the spider bite, ... Their plan nearly worked. But only nearly! Author Reply: Yes, it nearly worked.... I'm rather glad it didn't, of course. And I'm pleased you found the atmosphere appropriate for the subject. Thank you! | |
| Elflingimp | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 9/1/2008 |
| Wow! I would have never thought it! I loved it ,it was creepy but very good! Hugs The Imp Author Reply: Yes, indeed creepy! I'm so glad you also felt it good. Thanks, Elflingimp! | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 9/1/2008 |
| I find it a bit difficult to imagine Shelob as a small spiderling – that sounds so cute and not at all like the monster she became in the end. And she was certainly not cute when she started to eat her own mother though she wasn’t really dead at that time. Yuck. Such a pity Ungoliant got the time to try and transport her fëa to another body! Middle-earth would have been better off without her. Anyway, very interesting POV! Though I am afraid it's not going to make any spiders more welcome at my flat ;) Author Reply: Yes, it SOUNDS cute, but then spider life isn't particularly cute when one thinks about it. Certainly being bitten by a large spider when he was a child in South Africa didn't leave Tolkien much enamored with them, although I prefer to think of most of them in terms of Charlotte rather than of Shelob or Aragog or their personal kin, of course. After reading Ellie's story this one insisted on getting written, too. It had been working at me for a time, and sneaked in while reading Ellie's and grabbed me in a headlock, insisting I put it at the front of the queue. Am so glad you found it interesting! And I have a bit more of my-verse explained, of course. Thanks so, Kitty. | |
| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 9/1/2008 |
| Ooooh, creepy, creepy! What a fascinating story. The child eats the mother and the mother possesses the child. Kudos for writing so convincingly from the perspective of an evil spider! Author Reply: Yes, and eventually Shelob, in my-verse, tries to give her mother a new home, one that fights her tooth and nail. And thank you! Now and then I do write the villain's point of view! Heh! | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 9/1/2008 |
| Woah! Not a story to read just before breakfast! *g* I am not afraid of spiders but I did evict a rather large hunter spider from my bedsit just before bed-time last night. Very realistic. Author Reply: Ah, am glad you found it so, Harrowcat. I'm not afraid of spiders either, although I have a healthy respect for what they might do. The other day I found quite an imposing wolf spider in a client's laundry basket, and carried it outside the laundromat and shook it loose near the propane tank. As for the smaller spider I found spinning a web in my bathroom, she was shown outside rather forcefully, I fear. Of course, there was the story Mom used to tell of the day I came home carrying the largest tarantula seen in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She said I must have been very gentle with it, for although it had its mouth parts to my hand it didn't appear to be bothered by being carried about by such a small girl as I was. I was three years old at the time, and I was apparently enchanted by its furry body. I certainly can remember watching the tarantulas that would cross our driveway and that lived on the hillside across the street from our home, there before we moved westward. The wolf spiders of the Pacific Northwest are the closest to the tarantulas I remember from my early childhood, although they are but a tenth the size. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 8/31/2008 |
| And so Ungoliant came to dwell within her daughter Shelob. Rather gruesome, but a very good explanation of who and what Shelob was! *shiver* Author Reply: Oh, thank you, Dreamflower! Yes, gruesome indeed! But such is the way of spiders that when one invites you to dinner you should perhaps ask what wine is likely to go with yourself as the main course. Heh! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 8/31/2008 |
| A very chilling tale.I love to hate Tolkien's giant spiders! Author Reply: Thanks so for the feedback, Linda. We all love to hate Tolkien's giant spiders, I think! | |