News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
| About Us News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
|
| The Tenth Walker by Lindelea | 738 Review(s) |
|---|---|
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/22/2006 |
| Hahaha! Only a pony? Indeed. A very wise pony I should say, and observant too. I just love how you turn human aspects of life over in the pony's view - like his way of judging a book by the cover! *giggles* Author Reply: Um, missed replying to this review. Sorry! It is fun to think what a pony would make of common idiomatic language... | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/11/2006 |
| Now, this one has me crying, Lindelea, with the thought of that keepsake protecting Bill's eyes. Yes, Primula wouldn't begrudge the pony. Author Reply: I'm sure Primula would have been the first to surrender her handkerchief to a good cause. For some reason I don't see her as prim and proper, but more down-to-earth and practical. | |
| Inkling | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/11/2006 |
| “As if to guard a treasure” indeed! A lovely and poignant moment…I do so like it when you write about Frodo! Author Reply: Well, you're in luck, I guess, because this is pretty much all about Frodo! (Not like the Fourth-age stuff where he's sailed to the West and only appears in dreams.) | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/11/2006 |
| That was very good of Frodo to sacrifice his filmy lace-edged reminder of his mother for Bill's benefit. But he is one to whom the wellbeing of the living matters. I like Bill's preference for apples-and-mischief over swamp-smelling Pippin. (It just would be Pippin who stepped into water up to his neck.) And he is perfectly well aware of their meandering passage through the marshes, too. The midges - ugh! - they sound utterly revolting. The poor hobbits must be so miserable! Aragorn might have natural midge repellent - since he is going through his unwashed stage. I wonder if swampy Pippin is less attractive to the little creatures? Author Reply: Frodo's very empathetic and practical, at least at this point in the journey, before the Ring has had much chance to overShadow his mind, poor fellow. Y'know, I remember canoe-camping and yes, when you haven't washed in days (except for the occasional swim, but that without soap) the bugs really do tend to leave you alone. They seem to *adore* the smell of soap, though. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/11/2006 |
| AAaaaawwww...*sigh* You are right. Frodo does shine. *sniff* Author Reply: Ah, yes, that's the Frodo I remember and love from the book. | |
| Jay of Lasgalen | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/11/2006 |
| Ugh! Poor Bill - you make the midges so very vivid, I can almost see and hear the wretched things. It's sad in a way that Frodo still carries his mother's handkerchief, but sweet that he uses it like this. I doubt Primula would mind. Jay Author Reply: BTDT. Tramping through the "muskeg" on the border of Canada and the US, surrounded by mosquitoes and biting flies and, yes, something like midges too, though I think we had a different name for them, that I cannot recall at the moment. O wait, I remember, we called them no-see-ems. Wretched. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/10/2006 |
| Aw poor Bill - that awful stable is still calling. I especially liked More than ever I wish there were another pony to share the load; this night we could stand head-to-tail and brush the flies from each others' faces. And then he proceeds to do just that with Merry! I also loved his names/descriptions for the hobbits. Great stuff Lindelea. Author Reply: Ah, thanks! I've often seen horses standing that way... lovely how it works. Their tails won't reach to their own faces, but with a friend they get complete coverage. Somehow I don't think animals necessarily would think of names the same way we do... they're much more scent-oriented, and sound-oriented rather than language-oriented, for example. So I try to look at things from a different point of view... Thanks for taking the time to comment! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/10/2006 |
| Ohhh, I love how Frodo calls him "our Bill". What a lovely scene. :D Author Reply: Thanks! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/25/2006 |
| I'm not surprised that Bill is a bit nervous. Who wouldn't be? And all that horrible squelchiness underfoot - it's a good thing the pony trusts Sam and is beginning to see a distinct difference between Bill Ferny and Strider. Author Reply: Ponies have sound instincts, as I might have mentioned before, except when they are expressing irrational fears about something or other. They can be the most practical, down-to-earth creatures, and the most head-in-the-clouds-what-were-you-thinking? animals I have ever known. Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/24/2006 |
| Well, if I were with the party, this would be a part of the journey that I would have hated, too, and I grew up in the midst of such things. Author Reply: I always hated walking on marshy ground when we were backpacking or portaging. I don't like wet feet, even now, unless it's because we're swimming or wading on a hot day and I'll get to dry them off when we're done. Thanks! | |