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Post by Scott on Jun 17, 2013 14:08:58 GMT -5
Anybody had a chance to read this yet? I've been looking forward to its release, but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jun 18, 2013 8:24:57 GMT -5
I haven't read it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. It is in my Amazon cart. I enjoyed his other poems (Green Knight and Sigurd and Gudrun). I am thinking this is the Arthurian cycle put in a similar form as those other poems. This is one of those things that I've heard about over the years, but I've never seen it before.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 18, 2013 11:10:32 GMT -5
I'm interested but I would have been more interested 20 years ago when I was dredging up Arthuriana for my "land of Arthur" section of the composite world campaign that I did in the 90's! My brain is so filled with useless Arthur info that sometimes I wish that I could flush it all out with alcohol! Heh, I still have not located the 18th century dictionary where I saw that they had Arthurian heroes described as gods. I've since acquired copies of Funk & Wagnall's original but while a great set it still is not the book series that I remember.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 18, 2013 11:13:29 GMT -5
I flipped through the FALL OF ARTHUR and the first thing that I noticed was "Mirkwood" is mentioned. Thats the name that I had for Germany in the Composite Earth campaign that I had based on Arthurian readings.
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Post by Scott on Jun 18, 2013 11:38:33 GMT -5
Sigurd and Gudrun is another one that I've been curious about, but never read.
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Post by Falconer on Jun 20, 2013 16:20:52 GMT -5
Reading Fall of Arthur now.
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Post by Scott on Jun 21, 2013 14:08:11 GMT -5
Post your thoughts when you get a chance.
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 22, 2013 1:38:52 GMT -5
I finished reading it and its core ancient Arthurian with maybe a light brush of the semi-Medieval here and there in the vein of Prince Valiant. The last part seems to end abruptly like one of the "bar napkin" type Christopher Tolkien finds. Theres plenty of commentary though. In the end this seems to be something that needed a final touch and not the H.O.M.E. type format.
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Post by grodog on Jun 25, 2013 19:30:11 GMT -5
My mother-in-law gave me a copy of this last weekend---will definitely check it out once I'm done with my current books.
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Post by Scott on Jun 26, 2013 13:33:57 GMT -5
I've been doing most of my reading on a kindle lately, but I'll have to get the book for this one.
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Post by Scott on Jul 9, 2013 8:03:30 GMT -5
I started this yesterday. It was a little clunky at first, but after I got comfortable with the language and style, it flowed much smoother. I like what I've read so far, but it has an 'in process' feel to it. There's not much to the poem, less than 60 pages, but almost four times as many pages of notes.
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Post by geneweigel on Jul 9, 2013 13:13:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I would have liked it finished for sure and that is way before and far above the standard unfulfilled desire for everything fantasy-wise to have a map of the specific locations included to port into a game!  |
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Post by Scott on Jul 11, 2013 12:28:23 GMT -5
The Fall of Arthur part is more or less an extended fragment. The book is 233 pages long. The poem ends on page 57. I like what's there, but it seems more of a curiosity than anything else.
The notes are OK, pretty par for the Christopher Tolkien notes in the other posthumously released Tolkien books.
Is the Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún a complete work?
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Post by GRWelsh on Jul 11, 2013 14:51:27 GMT -5
Sigurd and Gudrún is complete. The book is 377 pages, and has two poems. The "Lay of the Volsungs" is from p. 69 to p. 180. The "Lay of Gudrún" is from p. 253 to p. 308.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jul 12, 2013 8:17:28 GMT -5
Have you guys read Tolkien's "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"?
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Post by Scott on Jul 12, 2013 11:40:58 GMT -5
Not yet. I only recently found out about it.
Have you read it, and how is it?
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Post by GRWelsh on Jul 12, 2013 12:52:55 GMT -5
I think it's great. I can lend you my copy if you want to read it.
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Post by Scott on Jul 12, 2013 13:44:45 GMT -5
I'm planning on buying it, and Sigurd and Gudrún. Which one would you recomend I buy first?
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Post by GRWelsh on Jul 12, 2013 13:50:52 GMT -5
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is one of my all-time favorites. It's a classic. I'd recommend getting it first.
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Post by grodog on Jul 21, 2013 22:23:37 GMT -5
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is one of my all-time favorites. It's a classic. I'd recommend getting it first. I really enjoyed Tolkien's translation (I've read two others), but I haven't read or heard of Tolkien's version of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. Will have to do some digging, it seems. Thanks! |
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