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The Rings of Power is upon us! Greta and John discuss Episode 1, A Shadow of the Past, and go into all of the things Amazon got right and wrong. Join us!
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– Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
– John R
– Jacob Lockham
– John H
– Scotchy Bobo
TOLKIEN VS. TIME COMPRESSION
from Letter 210…
“I fail to see why the time-scheme should be deliberately contracted. [. . .] I cannot see why definite time-statements, contrary to the book and to probability, should be made.”
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Special thanks to the following patrons:
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One Response
I believe I have said this already, but I will restate it for all concerned: Middle Earth meets Elfhunter fan-fiction! The more I hear about this series the more it sounds like a cross between fan-fiction and the Tales of Altera/Elfhunter trilogy by Chris Marks. She now has written a whole series of these books, it is very much a part of the imitation spin-off fantasy genre. I am not interested in fan-fiction since it is all really bad; the stories people put out on the internet are shocking. But let us be grateful that this is not That kind of story, so far.