tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post1384290819824886284..comments2024-03-28T13:10:04.655+00:00Comments on The Notion Club Papers - an Inklings blog: The best book which, otherwise than my recommending it, you would be unlikely to buyBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-49831057967977643672013-04-06T19:44:44.295+01:002013-04-06T19:44:44.295+01:00Considering the list that Wurmbrand started, I'...Considering the list that Wurmbrand started, I'd add that all of Flieger's books ought to be there (I believe that she has published three book-length critical works and a collection of essays, <i>Green Suns and Faƫrie</i>). <br /><br />In the 'not counting' category is of course also Flieger's edition of <i>Smith of Wootton Major</i> and the edition of <i>On Fairy-stories</i> that she did with Anderson. <br /><br />It is of course always a question of where to put a line between the groups, but I'd certainly also put Carl Phelpstead's <i>Tolkien and Wales</i> high up on my list, along with some classic collections such as <i>Tolkien's Legendarium</i> (ed. Flieger & Hostetter) and <i>The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004</i> (ed. Hammond & Scull).Troelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-40472981382573747162013-03-19T01:19:49.522+00:002013-03-19T01:19:49.522+00:00Also, I can't really agree about disliking to ...Also, I can't really agree about disliking to read an omnibus - after all, that's how I read LOTR (and Lewis' space trilogy)!Samson J.http://samsonsjawbone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-44618436962791396902013-03-18T22:39:12.268+00:002013-03-18T22:39:12.268+00:00@SJ - Is this version cheap enough?
Yuck, Bruce, ...<i> @SJ - Is this version cheap enough?</i><br /><br />Yuck, Bruce, I can't read something not printed on dead Ents, you know... Anyhow, I've ordered Road to M-E and will probably get R&B for my birthday at this point.Samson J.http://samsonsjawbone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-11705156171687286242013-03-18T06:08:40.522+00:002013-03-18T06:08:40.522+00:00@SJ - Is this version cheap enough?
http://gutenb...@SJ - Is this version cheap enough?<br /><br />http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0601441.txt<br /><br />I have bought omnibus editions of novels, but for some reason I almost never read them - I just don't seem to like the format. <br /><br />Tom Shippey is not a Christian (I have this from the horse's mouth!) - but clearly neither is he anti- (he worked at a Catholic University). Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-79654098743679513452013-03-18T01:41:40.647+00:002013-03-18T01:41:40.647+00:00Hey, while I'm here and you've jogged my m...Hey, while I'm here and you've jogged my memory, let me ask: do you think this <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Charles-Williams-Omnibus-Dimensions-Shadows/dp/1781391467/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358886756&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Charles Williams omnibus</a> is likely worth the money? I'm keen to read Place of a Lion after your recent recommendation, but can't seem to find it cheaply.Samson J.http://samsonsjawbone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-8356830083328528422013-03-18T00:47:27.748+00:002013-03-18T00:47:27.748+00:00By the way:
If you a) like Tolkien and b) trust m...By the way:<br /><br /><i>If you a) like Tolkien and b) trust my judgment (...?)</i><br /><br />Would we be here otherwise? ;)<br /><br />That excerpt is brilliant, by the way (an overused word, to be sure, but perfectly applicable in this case!). Is Shippey a Christian, do you know?Samson J.http://samsonsjawbone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-43179337130363775972013-03-18T00:42:25.211+00:002013-03-18T00:42:25.211+00:00Lads, stop forcing me to buy more Tolkien books! A...Lads, stop forcing me to buy more Tolkien books! At the rate I'm getting through them, I may as well just wait until I meet the man in heaven and speak to him directly...Samson J.http://samsonsjawbone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-39155123381989787822013-03-18T00:24:51.824+00:002013-03-18T00:24:51.824+00:00Jared Lobdell's England and Always would be hi...Jared Lobdell's England and Always would be high in the list of my next set of ten or so. (I believe it's been revised as The World of the Rings.)Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-63026874228300928232013-03-17T14:56:29.808+00:002013-03-17T14:56:29.808+00:00@W - I would add that among these books, those of ...@W - I would add that among these books, those of Shippey and also Flieger's A Question of Time stand-out as being important books enjoyable in their own right, aside from being about Tolkien<br /><br />Put it this way; you would not have to be a Tolkien fanatic to benefit from reading these four books, they says things of considerable significance not findable elsewhere, and these transcend the genre of Lit Crit.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410716623228444076.post-35441161996932661702013-03-17T14:44:31.936+00:002013-03-17T14:44:31.936+00:00I'd say this one deserves to appear on a list ...I'd say this one deserves to appear on a list for a basic Tolkien-commentary library, other titles including:<br /><br />Carpenter's biography<br />Garth's Tolkien & the Great War<br />Scull & Hammond's Companions and Guides (3 vols)<br />Flieger's three books<br />Shippey's own Road to Middle-earth & Author of the Century<br /><br />There are other excellent books on Tolkien, but these stand out. I think lots of people would agree. Where debate might arise would be in connection with what the next ten or dozen books should be. I'm not counting here books that are basically Tolkien's own work, such as Scull and Hammond's books on Tolkien's pictorial art or Douglas Anderson's Annotated Hobbit.Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.com