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- From: Michael.P.Colburn@dartmouth.edu (Michael P. Colburn)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Subcreation (was Re: Hobbits)
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 20:18:06 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.083253.14646@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- jchokey@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Alexander Chokey) writes:
-
- > The desire to have all of Tolkien's works
- > fit easily into one grand meta-narrative, IMHO, obscures for many readers
- > the fact that real differences that do exist between his works. I'm not
- > trying to deny that Tolkien's works in many ways connected. I'm just trying
- > to historicize the nature of that connection, to show why there are differences
- > between these works and why it is silly to try and seek to "resolve" these
- > differences.
- >
- > -- Jim C. <jchokey@leland.stanford.edu>
-
- I don't think there are many in this newsgroup who've read JRRT's works
- thoroughly who'll contest the fact that the four works you speak of
- (the Hobbit, LotR, the Silmarillion and The Adventures of TB) were
- created, for the most part, separately...you've presented your views
- clearly and concisely. The thing that irritates me is your attitude
- that it is "silly" to seek resolution in the differences between his
- works. Yes, I agree it is simply fan.fiction, but before JRRT died, he
- expressed the desire to make the works cohesive (although he himself
- had serious doubts that this would be possible). Since he is dead,
- we'll never know what types of resolutions he'd have made. Perhaps he
- would have found an explaination for Tom. Perhaps he would explained
- why hobbits seem to be excluded in the Silmarillion (actually, since he
- died before it's publication, he might have included them...who
- knows?!?) My point is, why is it silly for his devoted fans to discuss
- possible resolutions? I can't believe that you could have read his
- works and not been 'mentally' transported to the worlds he is seem to
- create within our own minds...and then not engage in speculation as to
- the answers to riddles that are not given (especially when the author
- gave us reason to believe there *might* have been answers had he
- lived). Jim, you seem to be a very intelligent fellow and I've enjoyed
- many of your articles and found them all to be informative. Why can
- you just loosen up and 'dream' a little? ;-)
-
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