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| In Empty Lands by Larner | 285 Review(s) |
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| lwarren | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/27/2008 |
| Oh, I like the idea that the members of the Fellowship were fated somehow to be together. And Irmo warning Gandalf! Cool! I will enjoy seeing Boromir's perspective of how everything played out. (The board is set...the pieces are moving...) Yeah! linda Author Reply: I have always loved Gandalf seeing the war against the Enemy as a great, dreadful, dangerous game of chess; that he would see this true from the start just seemed likely. And as I've rarely included Boromir in my stories, I thought I'd try him--although I admit these first two chapters were written to lead to the third, and you can blame Raksha for that! Heh! | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/27/2008 |
| A great expansion Larner. I especially like Boromir's meeting with the Rangers. Yet another view to fill in the grand story. You are making me think of 'A leaf by Niggle'. Author Reply: I think all of us who dabble in Tolkien's world are our own part of "Leaf by Niggle." Excellent analogy. And I like to think that there was a reason why Boromir would recognize Aragorn as a Ranger, and would come in many ways to compare him to both his father and his brother. Since I wrote the drabble "Arrival" for AIG I've felt it was just too short to fully convey what I'd wished to tell. Reading it again, I was struck by how commonplace it sounded. He arrived, had to tell his mission to the Elves who blocked his path, and much of the tension I believed he should feel was lost due to the necessary brevity of the telling. This gave me a chance to describe so much that was missed in the first one, and to better express Boromir's frustration that once again, here in sight of his goal, he's being held up and possibly turned away. Thanks for the feedback. | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/27/2008 |
| Bravo! Awesome beginning - needless to say, I'll be looking forward to reading more of this. I absolutely adored the thought that the members of the Fellowship might, indeed, have heard the Horn's call. *shivers* Excellent beginning. Author Reply: Oh, yes, the board is being made ready now, and the call for the game to begin given, sounded by Boromir himself! Those who will be part of the Fellowship are being warned, even if only Gandalf so far understands of what. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/27/2008 |
| I do love the way that you take a small snippit from the Master and run with it in all sorts of logical directions. Of course Boromir would have sounded his horn before setting out from Minas Tirith. Dying to hear more of this. Author Reply: Oh, thank you! Good to hear from you here! Hope all is going calmly with your folks. This all started with Raksha's birthday request.... Anyway, yes, Boromir said he'd sound his horn ere he started out, so I figured he must have done so then. And what might the others have been doing at that moment? Had to speculate.... | |
| eiluj | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/26/2008 |
| Great idea for opening the story! Author Reply: Thanks so, ieluj! I hope this series finds favor! | |