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by Alatar
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:18 am
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 890
Views: 508361

Re: What are you reading?

See, I'm a bit confused by this. Surely then ending in the TV Series is whatever GRRM told them it was going to be? I mean, it might have been rushed or the timeline compressed, but surely the main plot beats are canon?
by Alatar
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:00 am
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: The Tolkien Translation Game!
Replies: 8724
Views: 3452813

Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!

Thats the one! Your go!
by Alatar
Tue Jun 17, 2025 10:10 am
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 890
Views: 508361

Re: What are you reading?

A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 & 2 (additional volumes are queued up). This set of graphic novels is based on George R R Martin’s weighty tomes, squeezed down to their absolute essence by Daniel Abraham. The original book one, A Game of Thrones, was about 700 or 800 pages. This ...
by Alatar
Tue Jun 17, 2025 10:02 am
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: The Tolkien Translation Game!
Replies: 8724
Views: 3452813

Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!

It is!
by Alatar
Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:11 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: The Tolkien Translation Game!
Replies: 8724
Views: 3452813

Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!

Yep!
by Alatar
Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:41 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: The Tolkien Translation Game!
Replies: 8724
Views: 3452813

Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!

Nope!
by Alatar
Mon Jun 16, 2025 10:14 am
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: The Tolkien Translation Game!
Replies: 8724
Views: 3452813

Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!

Nope
by Alatar
Thu Jun 12, 2025 2:58 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: The Tolkien Translation Game!
Replies: 8724
Views: 3452813

Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!

Its from "Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go"

"But under a tall tree I will lie, and let the clouds go sailing by"

Assuming I'm right...
From the top of the hill we had a great view of the surroundings and could see lots of birds and animals watching over us.
by Alatar
Thu Jun 12, 2025 1:16 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: The Band of Heaven
Replies: 237
Views: 260278

Re: The Band of Heaven

I loved this movie. I can't speak to its accuracy, but it was gripping.

by Alatar
Thu Jun 12, 2025 1:09 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: The Tolkien Translation Game!
Replies: 8724
Views: 3452813

Re: The Tolkien Translation Game!

Bilbo's walking song?
by Alatar
Tue May 27, 2025 10:05 am
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 890
Views: 508361

Re: What are you reading?

Saw this and had to share....
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by Alatar
Mon May 26, 2025 2:58 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: The Wheel of Time TV Series
Replies: 11
Views: 11729

Re: The Wheel of Time TV Series

I haven't but I know people who have.
by Alatar
Mon May 26, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: The Wheel of Time TV Series
Replies: 11
Views: 11729

Re: The Wheel of Time TV Series

Aaaand it just got cancelled. Dammit.
by Alatar
Tue May 20, 2025 10:13 am
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 890
Views: 508361

Re: What are you reading?

Wow, blast from the past. I remember loving "Five Children and It" when I was a child, but I have no recollection of the plot.
by Alatar
Tue May 13, 2025 5:06 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 6070
Views: 1247606

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

I think any situation where you feel compelled to play something to maintain a streak is emotional manipulation and I refuse to comply!
by Alatar
Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:09 am
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Replies: 1040
Views: 664665

Re: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!

RoseMorninStar wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:33 am Has anyone watched 'The Queen's Gambit'?? Was it any good? I've seen quite a few clips on YouTube.
Yes, its excellent.
by Alatar
Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:50 am
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 890
Views: 508361

Re: What are you reading?

This isn't so much a recommendation as, I dunno... a warning? If you have the stomach for it right now, the Booker Prize winning "Prophet Song" by Irish Author Paul Lynch is an important book. Hard read though.
by Alatar
Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:27 am
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Replies: 1040
Views: 664665

Re: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!

So, basically "24" in Hospital?
by Alatar
Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:29 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Replies: 1040
Views: 664665

Re: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!

If you're paying for Apple + for the first time, you need to binge watch For All Mankind, Foundation and Severance.