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54 of 365 The History of The #Hobbit boxed set edited by John Rateliff #Tolkien
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Next thing you know you’ll be making shrimp and grits! My wife often asks me to make them for Christmas
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📆 #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien Week 104 (18 February 2025): “Two Years”
Second anniversary of Tolkien Trewsday. Choose one of the previous 103 themes or your own.
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You are such an important part of the community and we appreciate you!
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Very sorry to hear. Hope things get better soon. Hang in there!
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Thank you!
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Thank goodness Tolkien took the time to write Lord of the Rings, but I do share Professor Turville-Petre's disappointment that Tolkien did not end up also preparing a truly definitive edition of Beowulf! /end
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In researching who Priestley was, I discovered this wonderful anecdote from Ann Sedgley, a student at the University of Melbourne, about when Turville-Petre visited Australia to teach for two terms at the university.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see that the copy I bought came with an original receipt directly from the publisher. This identifies the purchaser as Robert Priestley from Melbourne, whose name is printed in the book as one of those dedicating the book to Turville-Petre.
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At the back of the book, credit is given to Christopher Tolkien, along with several organizations, for making a donation to help cover the cost of the publication process.
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The book is dedicated to Turville-Petre by a long list of scholars and institutions printed in the book. These would have been the pre-ordered subscribers to the book, perhaps the only persons who received a copy. Christopher Tolkien is one of those listed.
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This is a first edition of Speculum Norroenum, a festschrift in memory of Gabriel Turville-Petre, who was a student of Tolkien's and collaborated with Christopher Tolkien on scholarly publications. His wife, Joan, later edited Tolkien's translation of the Old English Exodus.
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I love their bottle design!
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Yes!
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Ahh thank you!!
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Turin: Anti-hero
"It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me"
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Idril about Tuor: Our Song
“Our song is the way you laugh
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss her and I should have"
And when I got home, 'fore I said, "Manwe"
Asking Eru if he could play it again”
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Gimli (in his dreams) to Galadriel: Wildest Dreams
“She's so tall and hotter than hell”
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Aredhel to Eol: I Knew You Were Trouble
“Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago
I was in your sights, you got me alone
You found me, you found me, you found me
I guess you didn't care, and I guess I liked that…
Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now”
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Feanor to the Valar: Look What You Made Me Do
“I don't like your little games
Don't like your tilted stage
The role you made me play of the fool
No, I don't like you”
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Nerdanel about Feanor: Red
“Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street
Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly”
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Miriel to Finwe in the Halls of Mandos:
“We are never ever ever getting back together”
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Thingol to the Noldor after learning about the Kinslaying: Bad Blood
“So take a look what you've done
'Cause baby, now we got bad blood
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve 'em
You made a really deep cut
And baby, now we got bad blood”
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Melian to Thingol: Blank Space
“I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
"Oh, my God, look at that face
You look like my next mistake
Love's a game, wanna play?"
…So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames”
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Boromir, dying, thinking about Frodo, wishing he could start over in Rivendell: Back to December
“this is me swallowin my pride
Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night…
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December all the time”
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Faramir (in his head) to Denethor: Mean
“You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like I'm nothing”
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Gandalf to everyone who calls him “Stormcrow”: Shake It Off
“But I keep cruisin'
Can't stop, won't stop movin'
It's like I got this music in my mind
Sayin' it's gonna be alright”
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Arwen to Aragorn at Cerin Amroth: Mine
“Do you remember, we were sittin' there by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine”