5-6 October 2013 | 92 comments (92 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

A great anecdote at that anyway. Do you recall his take on Teodoric's final option to do away with Boethius in such an unkind manner?

I was personally unable to appreciate Tolkein babbo at the time- nor really after. I definitely enjoy the films.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Oct 6th, 2013 at 05:47:42 PM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

This was the first of eight lectures, so he didn't get to the murder. I didn't go back for the others.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Oct 7th, 2013 at 01:42:55 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

I can't pinpoint the time when I grew out of Tolkienmania, but it was not long after this lecture, which may or may not have had some influence on the process.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Oct 7th, 2013 at 01:50:57 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

At the time a person was either into Marcuse or the freak/hippie culture. Brautigan. Hesse. Kerouac. Tolkien. In Europe it was Fanon and Deleuzeguattari. other stuff like the underground press. I was hung up on classics. Flaubert. Dostoievski.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Mon Oct 7th, 2013 at 05:55:16 AM EST
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5-6 October 2013 | 92 comments (92 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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