tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post1498896748016387760..comments2023-09-01T10:14:30.179+01:00Comments on Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: 'New' JRR Tolkien epic due out next yearGraeme Floryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-14361737952306107382012-10-11T20:19:08.207+01:002012-10-11T20:19:08.207+01:00Coming next : JRR Tolkien's lost Shopping list...Coming next : JRR Tolkien's lost Shopping list. Here is an exclusive extract... <br />6 Eggs <br />3 X Pints of Milk<br />Chocolate<br />Toilet Rolls X 4<br />Bleach<br />Bread<br />Noodles<br />Crisps<br />Fizzy Pop<br />Pencils<br />Cat Food X 4<br />Preparation H (large)<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-50258740609629250122012-10-10T20:19:03.278+01:002012-10-10T20:19:03.278+01:00I say let the poor man's memory rest already -...I say let the poor man's memory rest already - enough with the scraps, notes, and 'newly discovered' tales. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998502637742703857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-74300643057313124332012-10-10T20:18:50.026+01:002012-10-10T20:18:50.026+01:00I recently realized that I never liked the Arthur ...I recently realized that I never liked the Arthur tale and thought Tolkien must have thought the same or else he might have taken more interest in it, but I think Tolkien chose the right concept in making it his fall and "liberating" it from romanticisim. Still not interesting. I like the poetry form in principle, i.e. I have nothing against it and acknowledge it, and it reads relatively nicely even without achieving much clarity for me, but no thanks to King Arthur (Monty Python is enough)mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936865674329335292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-47279356768255917252012-10-10T17:01:25.514+01:002012-10-10T17:01:25.514+01:00I'll get it, I've always enjoyed a good do...I'll get it, I've always enjoyed a good dose of prose and verse, and getting to read a sort of successor to Mallory's take (and Geoffrey) is fascinating. I find it amusing that they "discovered" it was finished. Always makes me wonder if the ink is still drying...Doctor Futurityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586371999646337047noreply@blogger.com