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| Rhapsody wrote: | | Nancy, do you happen to have The Lord of the Rings Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith? |
No, never heard of it before ... what's your opinion of it?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: | | Rhapsody wrote: | Warfare and folks coming out of the closet for it. Now it can be fun in the closet with a nice and hawt elf...
Nancy, do you happen to have The Lord of the Rings Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith? |
I've heard some bad things about that book, though I have to say I only looked at the pictures when I bought it and haven't read it yet. But I've heard a few folk with knowledge of weapons / warfare saying it's vastly inaccurate. The few paragraphs I read certainly were all fanon, but the way it's phrased it sounded as though it was quoting something from LotR canon (such as Elrond's behaviour at the Last Alliance - none of that stuff is in any of the books). |
Got any links to that Space? I am interested in those opinions. Don't forget that the book is compiled at the movie information. And since the movies do go astray from canon as well 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| Rhapsody wrote: | | SpaceWeavil wrote: | | Rhapsody wrote: | Warfare and folks coming out of the closet for it. Now it can be fun in the closet with a nice and hawt elf...
Nancy, do you happen to have The Lord of the Rings Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith? |
I've heard some bad things about that book, though I have to say I only looked at the pictures when I bought it and haven't read it yet. But I've heard a few folk with knowledge of weapons / warfare saying it's vastly inaccurate. The few paragraphs I read certainly were all fanon, but the way it's phrased it sounded as though it was quoting something from LotR canon (such as Elrond's behaviour at the Last Alliance - none of that stuff is in any of the books). |
I'm trying to think where it was. It could well have been in this forum somewhere, but honestly, I'm talking about a year or more ago that this was discussed. (It was just before I started work on Alliance, because I remember thinking I should maybe avoid that when writing it).
It is based on movie canon more than book, but even so, it makes up a load of stuff from what I saw, and presents it as though it's solid fact. Personally I look at it as a nice guide to things like uniforms, but I ignore the technical details and check those myself elsewhere. If what it says works with book! canon, then I use it. If not, I don't.
Got any links to that Space? I am interested in those opinions. Don't forget that the book is compiled at the movie information. And since the movies do go astray from canon as well |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:46 am Post subject: |
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OK, that's what I get for not previewing. I mucked up quotes;
This is my actual reply:
I'm trying to think where it was. It could well have been in this forum somewhere, but honestly, I'm talking about a year or more ago that this was discussed. (It was just before I started work on Alliance, because I remember thinking I should maybe avoid that when writing it).
It is based on movie canon more than book, but even so, it makes up a load of stuff from what I saw, and presents it as though it's solid fact. Personally I look at it as a nice guide to things like uniforms, but I ignore the technical details and check those myself elsewhere. If what it says works with book! canon, then I use it. If not, I don't.
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heh... i suppose i could have mentioned owning that book when i volunteered to help. i guess the fact that i forgot probably speaks to its usefulness in this context.
but then i don't think it should be completely excluded, either. even it's not directly from the desk of tolkien, it brings together a lot of ideas that are otherwise dispersed far and wide throughout the fandom. that kind of accessible inspiration is always nice. (and facts aren't always accurate elsewhere, either.)
best taken with a grain of salt, but still a good margarita. or something.
but then i like the flavored margaritas with the sugar on the rim.
and the little umbrellas.
really good with fajitas.
perhaps i should just stop inventing metaphors and go to chili's.
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| vladazhael wrote: | heh... i suppose i could have mentioned owning that book when i volunteered to help. i guess the fact that i forgot probably speaks to its usefulness in this context.
but then i don't think it should be completely excluded, either. even it's not directly from the desk of tolkien, it brings together a lot of ideas that are otherwise dispersed far and wide throughout the fandom. that kind of accessible inspiration is always nice. (and facts aren't always accurate elsewhere, either.)
best taken with a grain of salt, but still a good margarita. or something.
but then i like the flavored margaritas with the sugar on the rim.
and the little umbrellas.
really good with fajitas.
perhaps i should just stop inventing metaphors and go to chili's. |
I didn't actually say ignore it in my post. Suppose I shouldn't have mentioned anything really, but I just remembered being told to keep an eye out for mistakes in it and thought it would be helpful to say so. Obviously though I've offended some folks in saying so, so I apologise. I was only trying to be helpful.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: | | I was only trying to be helpful. |
It's been helpful to me, Space (which is what really matters here, after all!); thanks!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| My 2 cents on W&W: I consider it canonical for the movieverse, but I would definitely not use it as a reference for a bookverse story. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: | | vladazhael wrote: | heh... i suppose i could have mentioned owning that book when i volunteered to help. i guess the fact that i forgot probably speaks to its usefulness in this context.
but then i don't think it should be completely excluded, either. even it's not directly from the desk of tolkien, it brings together a lot of ideas that are otherwise dispersed far and wide throughout the fandom. that kind of accessible inspiration is always nice. (and facts aren't always accurate elsewhere, either.)
best taken with a grain of salt, but still a good margarita. or something.
but then i like the flavored margaritas with the sugar on the rim.
and the little umbrellas.
really good with fajitas.
perhaps i should just stop inventing metaphors and go to chili's. |
I didn't actually say ignore it in my post. Suppose I shouldn't have mentioned anything really, but I just remembered being told to keep an eye out for mistakes in it and thought it would be helpful to say so. Obviously though I've offended some folks in saying so, so I apologise. I was only trying to be helpful. |
oh, no no, not offended at all. i'm sorry, i should have included more smilies.  my bad.
just putting in my two cents really (devil's advocate is my favorite game to play), and honestly i quite liked what you said about it.
my apologies again, i certainly didn't mean to make you feel shot down.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| vladazhael wrote: | oh, no no, not offended at all. i'm sorry, i should have included more smilies. my bad.
just putting in my two cents really (devil's advocate is my favorite game to play), and honestly i quite liked what you said about it.
my apologies again, i certainly didn't mean to make you feel shot down. |
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i just realized that flag looks a lot like a pair of boxers.
where did you get that, Al? 
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They're Boromir's of course. Everyone knows that elves and rangers go commando. 
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| Alassante wrote: | | vladazhael wrote: | oh, no no, not offended at all. i'm sorry, i should have included more smilies. my bad.
just putting in my two cents really (devil's advocate is my favorite game to play), and honestly i quite liked what you said about it.
my apologies again, i certainly didn't mean to make you feel shot down. |
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 Al, behave!
I think W&W can be complimentary for Nancy, if it wasn't only for the visual aspect of it. Or the glossary in the back. For example, Gondor (Minas Tirith) doesn't have a huge cavalry of it's own, most of it came from the 'provinces' during and before Pelennor. This is a factor for example will make a difference for her story. Aaanyhow! 
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:08 am Post subject: |
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My local library has it (under "non-fiction"  ), so I will take it for a test drive. Thanks for the tip, tipsters.
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Nancy, you may want to give http://swordforum.com/ a peek. But this may involve writing to somebody you don't know.
BTW, I'm still in the closet too. Only two non-net folks know I write ff. One is my wife and the other is a very good friend I caught with a goat so he ain't sayin' nothin to nobody.
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