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Tom
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Always heard a different drum.

Happy to talk about Tolkien on podcasts.

'Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many.'

Finalist for The Tolkien Society's Best Book Award 2024
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Gingerprof: "You shall not passive!"
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Only those born in the 18th century may use it.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How about the double passive?

"It cannot be attempted to be seen."
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Who you calling the void?

Bradley belongs in the void, with Melkor and her husband.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I hope you enjoy it
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I like it. He is subjected to increasingly lengthy bouts of therapy after each new arrival in Mandos.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
That sense of liberation reminds me of Asimov's story, "The Feeling of Power."
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Years ago I sat at an airport writing something on a yellow legal pad. After a bit I realized that almost everyone around me was typing on laptops. I kept expecting someone to leap up and denounce me as a witch.

This is what reading in public is coming to.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Now I am octopodal Minoan Marines!
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Good riddance
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yes, and an octopus vase. But it's an awesome nightlight.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Later versions, like those in the Silmarillion and the Children of Húrin, are more honest, declaring both names and both identities, and so become more elegiac than horrifying.
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sounds good. Thanks.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The door was wide open, and it was dark inside. When I was only a few feet from the threshold, I heard an Irish voice I recognized say "By the walk 'tis Tom Hillman."
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
When I was in grad school there was an Irish bar I used to frequent. After I graduated and moved away, several years passed before I was nearby again. It was a summer afternoon and I decide to stop in and see if anyone I knew was there.
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Thank you. I'll give them a listen.
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Regrettably, I don't have an account there. Is there somewhere else I might find them?
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM