tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post799000546355958723..comments2024-03-28T13:10:04.655+00:00Comments on The Notion Club Papers - an Inklings blog: The fascination of the Notion ClubBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-65537423312468692222022-11-26T10:44:05.897+00:002022-11-26T10:44:05.897+00:00@GJ - Thanks. BTW - the blog is moderated, so comm...@GJ - Thanks. BTW - the blog is moderated, so comments may take a while to be evaluated, approved, and potentially appear. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-6779990738813149502022-11-26T10:11:27.094+00:002022-11-26T10:11:27.094+00:00Your blog has rekindled my interest in Tolkien. I ...Your blog has rekindled my interest in Tolkien. I just bought the relevant volumes of The History of Middle Earth (which I didn't even know existed). I read LotR as a teenager and have re-read it many times since, tho the last time was over 10 years ago.<br /><br />I've just started listening to the audio-book of The Fellowship of the Ring. I bought it because I like Andy Serkis who narrates. Serkis plays Gollum in Jackson's films, but I was more impressed with his portrayal of Rigaud in the BBC's 2008 production of "Little Dorrit" https://infogalactic.com/info/Little_Dorrit_(TV_series).<br /><br />Although it's been many years since I read The Fellowship, and even longer since I read the Prologue, I was astonished to discover that I recalled sections of it word for word. Phrases like "typing of the ten-fingered" were recalled instantly and ahead of Serkis' narration. I take this as a testament, not to my remarkable memory but to the power of Tolkien's writing.Guy Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096668246272788520noreply@blogger.com