Comments on: JRR Tolkien translation of Beowulf to be published after 90-year wait https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/jrr-tolkien-translation-of-beowulf-to-be-published-after-90-year-wait/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/jrr-tolkien-translation-of-beowulf-to-be-published-after-90-year-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-1172871 Bruce Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:49:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34512#comment-1172871 Tolkien wrote a lot of good stuff; I don’t think we’re down to his laundry list yet. But I liked The Hobbit better than anything since. Tightly written, focused, his love for the Brandywine illustrators everywhere. Every time I open my parents browning 1950s paperback it’s 1979 again, and I’m 14, and Jimmy Carter’s judge hasn’t broken Bell Labs yet, there’s a computer revolution ahead, the Space Shuttle might still pan out, and here’s a blast from the past of a West that still has a great future ahead. The elves work, the dwarves are great, Smaug is wise and tough and not unkillable, Bilbo is young and full of plump pep, heck, even the goblins are hard smart rogues.

]]> By: Steve Johnson https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/jrr-tolkien-translation-of-beowulf-to-be-published-after-90-year-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-1172586 Steve Johnson Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:12:32 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34512#comment-1172586 Gwern,

The Jackson movies were far from fantastic and if Christopher disowned someone for praising them I take that as a good sign.

]]> By: Marc Pisco https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/jrr-tolkien-translation-of-beowulf-to-be-published-after-90-year-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-1172193 Marc Pisco Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:59:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34512#comment-1172193 Maybe it’s not all that good. Not everybody hits a home run every time at bat.

]]> By: Gwern https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/jrr-tolkien-translation-of-beowulf-to-be-published-after-90-year-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-1172162 Gwern Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:35:01 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34512#comment-1172162 I get the impression Christopher Tolkien is a bit of a control freak (e.g. see his disowning of someone over endorsing the fantastic Jackson movies). Maybe it’s just taken him this long to get to the Beowulf translation.

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