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2016-09-02 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-02 07:19|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Then there's Tolkien's letter to that German publisher who asked him about his ancestry.

Posted by Korora 2016-09-02 08:58|| 2016-09-02 08:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Very interesting. Thanks Koroa.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-02 09:55|| 2016-09-02 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 The Gates of Vienna History and the Orks rampaging across middle earth, have rather a few too many similarities.

P.S. I drank regularly in Tolkein's Oxford writing meeting pub.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_and_Child

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2016-09-02 12:30|| 2016-09-02 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 What's better: to be liked or to have an equalizer?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-09-02 14:26|| 2016-09-02 14:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I always thought the battle of Helm's Deep was The Great Siege of Malta, with the cavalry relief mirroring Vinceno Anastagi's raid of the Turkish camp while Veletta's troops were in dire straits, tricking the Turks into thinking a Spanish relief force had landed, panicking the troops, and relieving the siege.

I read a great argument that Helm's Deep was really Jan Sobieski and the winged hussars making an improbable march and nailing the Turkish troops sieging Vienna.

On reflection, I think the latter best fits Helm's Deep, as the Siege of Malta continues for quite a bit after Anastagi's raid, but Sobieski's charge breaks the Turks into a wild retreat ending the Siege of Vienna that day.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-09-02 18:30|| 2016-09-02 18:30|| Front Page Top

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