Joy is in the ears that hear

[Beldarin]

Hello guys, a big HI here from me, Beldarin, 30ish F from Ireland,
How are y'all?
I read the 1st chrons in 1993, cant say I loved them then, but was so intrigued I gave them another bash, and another, and now,
like many of you,
I'm wishing my life away waiting for AATE

2013? arghhhhhhh, isnt the apocalpse due before then? Sad

I work in a bookshop, and have personally hooked at least 30 people on the land in the last couple of years,
yey,
it usually only takes about 5/6 mins of me describing Toms plight to get em to take Lord Fouls Bane home, and put Illearth & Power on order

I've always gotten great feedback too, even though they are not universally loved, they are always appreciated, but I guess I'm preaching to the choir here
Wink

It's a great site you have here, and I've lurked here a few times,
so it's about time I said Hi I suppose,
in the words of my all time favourite character,
Joy is in the ears that hear

So thanks for all the great topics

[Menolly]

Again, be Welcome, beldarin.
Be Well Come and True.

Have you not read AATE yet? If not, be wary of The Last Chronicles forum and the The Chronicles Art Gallery. Spoilers abound in both.

We have several Irish Watchers, although the two I can recall off the top of my head are both posting from England, I believe. They're both pretty active in the Sports subforum, particularly the threads having to do with football (not American-style football), if you're a fan. One is also a fairly active poster in The Galley. Both of these subforums are part of The Waymeet. Feel free to check them out, should sports or enjoying a meal interest you.

Otherwise, explore the Watch, find your niche, and jump in. We have discussions of all styles and flavors.

[Beldarin]

Have you not read AATE yet? If not, be wary of The Last Chronicles forum and the The Chronicles Art Gallery. Spoilers abound in both.

For Shame For Shame!

I of course meant The Last Dark, I read Against All Things while the pages were still warm from printing, lol

[Iolanthe]

Hello beldarin

Ah Ireland! I love the Sally Gap and the Connor Pass, Muckross Abbey, the Ring of Kerry, Mullingar library, the Guinness place in Dublin, I could go on. My mother in law was Irish (Westmeath) and we've had several holidays there - a beautiful country.

Glad to hear you are educating the masses about the Chrons.

[High Lord Tolkien]

How do you describe the series?
LFB is a tough one to start. lol

[Menolly]

*covering wicked grin*

As a former lurker, I am sure you are already aware of the community feeling here. But I must warn you, as a poster the Watch can become downright addictive.

...such a wonderful vice.

[Beldarin]

Sally Gap and the Connor Pass,

Ah, two of the most beautiful parts or our damp little country, they could almost lead to Andelain itself, (...almost...)

High Lord Tolkien: Well, at this stage I have my intro fairly down pat,
but it's really not hard to get excited about it, which always helps,
once you set the scene of this desperate damaged modern man finding healing and tangible beauty in a dream,
having come from such a desolate lonely life, a beauty he simply cannot put his faith in,
because to feel it would be so very dangerous to the strict control he needs just to get though each
miserable day of his existance

Then you ask them, 'If it's not real, is he responsible for the things that he does there? does it matter? are there moral consequences for his actions even if he is dreaming?
And what if he isn't?

Drip feed a few more tantalising details, describe some of the beauty of the Land and....
...hooked!

People are often looking for something more, and TCTC are far more than simply a fantasy series, it's philosphical questions lend it more weight than much of the genre

[Iolanthe]

Excellent! Very well and succinctly put.

[High Lord Tolkien]

Many people think that the Lena rape was difficult to read. Personally I thought it was pretty tame, PG rated.
But the whole leprosy thing I find to be a tough sell.

[Beldarin]

I agree about it being somewhat tame, he's just so distracted when it happens,
but i often find the leperosy to be a clincher, it's just so unusual in a lead character, lol

[Frostheart Grueburn]

Welcome! Another 30'ish F from Northern Europe. Damp here also, been raining for three weeks in row. Visited Ireland around a year ago, loved all the ancient castle ruins and neolithic monuments, aside from the mountains; planning to return perchance again next year. For some reason, unknown people kept constantly asking me the country calling code.

Alas, haven't personally had the luck of converting countrymembers to TCTCism. These novels remain kind of obscure, no translations exist in my mother tongue, and SRD's vocabulary stands out as particularly sesquipedalian in any case.

[wayfriend]

Welcome to the Watch, beldarin. Hope you jump in as you like; the splinters are never pointing the wrong way.

[ussusimiel]

Hail beldarin!

Good to have a fellow Irish person on board I think I'm the only active one at the moment who is posting from Ireland itself.

The Watch is a great place with lots of super people. Dive right in, post, start new threads, resurrect old threads, get involved. The only place where a little care is needed is the 'Tank. They like shamrock flavoured plankton and Guinness flavoured krill in there, and their teeth are verrrrry long and verrrrry sharp Suss it out a bit before you post. It's been particularly hot and heavy in there recently. Might be the upcoming US Presidential Election

I look forward to meeting you around the Watch.

Be Welcome and True!

u.

[Linna Heartbooger]

I work in a bookshop, and have personally hooked at least 30 people on the land in the last couple of years,
yey,
it usually only takes about 5/6 mins of me describing Toms plight to get em to take Lord Fouls Bane home, and put Illearth & Power on order

We all want to hear about your stragegies for Chronicles-evangelism, apparently!

I want to ask if there's anything about your "target audience" that might help... are you near a university? is the book store a book store focused on fantasy, so you already have fantasy fans coming in?

Inquiring minds want to know..

And, to you... welcome!

[Beldarin]

Rain Frostheart? Don't get me started, the Irish invented rain! I am knee deep in beautiful castles and neolithic ruins though, which I love, I walk around Trim castle almost every day

Thanks for the warning Ussusimiel, i'll tread carefully
Go raibh maith agat, agus conas at tu?
Where abouts are ya? I'm in Meath
edit: Ok, lol, it clearly states ur in dublin, my bad
I'm from the liberties though, so you'll forgive me i'm sure

No Linna, nothing too remarkable about our customers, except a love of books.
It's a small independant bookstore in a small town, (one of the last few unfortunaly, conglomerates and discount outlets are baying for our blood)
Each of us who work there have our passions, and customers appreciate that i think, a good book can sell itself with very little help from me though
Hype can also sell a lot of bad books too though (50 shades of dross anyone?)

[Lord Foul]

Greetings, Beldarin. Someone from a bookshop already sounds promising, do you happen to know what Pratchett said on that? "The relevant equation is: Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read."

2013? arghhhhhhh, isnt the apocalpse due before then? Sad

Right, actually, many apoclypses were due before that. And some are due after.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events

Sad

Wink

These look like emoticons copied manually from some post - doesn't work that way, if you want the image to show up, it has to be the code for it, you can see the codes people use when you quote their posts. Or you can just use the emoticon icons on the left in postreply mode.

...
the Watch can become downright addictive.

...such a wonderful vice.

And, while that's perhaps not the foremost of mine, it's definitely one of my favorite.

[lucimay]

welcome beldarin...


i don't usually say hi to the noobs in here, i don't know why, i guess i just wait to see who the noobs are and how they're going to fit themselves in here,
but your topic choice hooked me immediately.

there are many lines in donaldson's writing that hit home, so to speak, lines that stay with you (yeah waddley tatoo'd one of the best on her back!),
but you chose one of the ones that speaks to my heart so...thanks for that
and welcome to the loony bin!

[Frostheart Grueburn]

Rain Frostheart? Don't get me started, the Irish invented rain!

Aye, 'tis a well-known fact! And that Finns invented snow and wind magic.

Perrrkele, adding Trim castle to my list of must-visit places.

"The relevant equation is: Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read."

I'm almost tempted to postulate your alias is some odd creation straight from L-space. Surmising that boards akin to this twist the space-time-continuum enough to allow passageways into the present world.

[sgt.null]

hi Beldarin

[ussusimiel]

Thanks for the warning Ussusimiel, i'll tread carefully
Go raibh maith agat, agus conas at tu?
Where abouts are ya? I'm in Meath
edit: Ok, lol, it clearly states ur in dublin, my bad
I'm from the liberties though, so you'll forgive me i'm sure

Táim go maith, a bheldarin, go raibh maith agat!

I'm based in Crumlin, not far from the Liberties. Pass it regularly on the bus. I'm a Culchie from Waterford, but I've been in Dublin for ten years now, so I claim to be half-Dub. I have the advantage of initially being from within the Pale, or so my accent declares at any rate

Trim Castle is cool. It was used in Braveheart wasn't it?

u.