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crashbandicoot said:
Prior to the Third Age of Middle Earth,during the Last Alliance of Elves and Men,all the evil creatures of Melkor were destroyed.But long had I suspected that a last remnant of that evil existed deep underground,perhaps under Carahdron. Gandalf. Wonderful story,full of heroism and grief.
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I have led such a sheltered life.
 

traveller777 said:
I have led such a sheltered life.
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J. R. R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit.
Children focused type book.
It led to quite a bit of other writing.
Tolkien had inspiration from his dreams. Maybe as others ponder life and the afore mentioned good vs evil , and worlds of different races ect... Some of it got pretty creative...

I'm not a fan of fiction.
In Jr, high classic literature class , the series Lord of The Rings was on the shelf for loaners.
I enjoyed it then. And recall parts at times since. Sucess for getting me to read fiction I guess. At least a little. ..
(Most folks who read the series note /recognize quotes from it.)

A key to it all is rings. An individual ring in the popular trilogy.

To kind of sum it up , a bad guy created and gifted rings.
Rings with feature allowing the bad guy an upper hand. And messing up the wearers.
The ruling ring then being a hot commodity...

“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”​


― J.R.R. Tolkien
 

releventchair said:
J. R. R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit.
Children focused type book.
It led to quite a bit of other writing.
Tolkien had inspiration from his dreams. Maybe as others ponder life and the afore mentioned good vs evil , and worlds of different races ect... Some of it got pretty creative...

I'm not a fan of fiction.
In Jr, high classic literature class , the series Lord of The Rings was on the shelf for loaners.
I enjoyed it then. And recall parts at times since. Sucess for getting me to read fiction I guess. At least a little. ..
(Most folks who read the series note /recognize quotes from it.)

A key to it all is rings. An individual ring in the popular trilogy.

To kind of sum it up , a bad guy created and gifted rings.
Rings with feature allowing the bad guy an upper hand. And messing up the wearers.
The ruling ring then being a hot commodity...

“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,​

Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,​

Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,​

One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne​

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.​

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,​

One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.​

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”​


― J.R.R. Tolkien
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I like fiction so it was a good one for me.There,s a whole bunch of books that give some history of the early years of Middle Earth.Some were published by Tolkiens son after his death,many in fragmentary form from Tolkiens notes and drafts. Melkor was tthe early bad guy,Sauron was just a Lieutenant of Melkor in that time.Many great heroes and fantastic beasts.
 

crashbandicoot said:
I like fiction so it was a good one for me.There,s a whole bunch of books that give some history of the early years of Middle Earth.Some were published by Tolkiens son after his death,many in fragmentary form from Tolkiens notes and drafts. Melkor was tthe early bad guy,Sauron was just a Lieutenant of Melkor in that time.Many great heroes and fantastic beasts.
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I tried sticking to reading The Silmarillion , but it dragged for me somehow.
 

DJV said:
Evening, PepperJ!

The North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland can kick up monstrous seas in winter. The ocean, at times, is no place for the feint of heart!
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We took a ferry from the North Island to the South Island of New Zealand. They were chaining all the cars to the car deck, which was kind of cool. Never seen that taking the ferries over to Vancouver Island or off again.

So inquiring me asked the bloke-what's with the chaining of the cars. "Going to be a rough ride over tonight."

We went up to the main sitting area, and there's these Captain Kirk seats all facing forward.
I said to the Mrs "OH YA" I 'm going to sit right here, and watch the waves. "Go ahead-bye."
Well 20 minutes into that ride, the gills were turning another shade, and I went midship.
 

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