News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
| About Us News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
|
| The Tenth Walker by Lindelea | 838 Review(s) |
|---|---|
| gamgeefest | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/22/2006 |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/21/2006 |
| I'm glad Sam is good at listening to Bill - who seems to have a well-developed sense of danger. Bill's life has improved in many ways. Of course, with all the nasty creatures of Arda on their trail, the news is not all good, but I think, on the whole, he will prefer it with his new team. Author Reply: Ponies do seem to have a well-developed sense of danger as a whole. Quite often invisible, imaginary danger at that. I suppose it comes from their being "prey animals" rather than predators, perhaps. For trackless wilderness to be an improvement over his old life, well... that says a lot about Bill Ferny, I'm afraid. | |
| Julie | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/21/2006 |
| Oh goody!! I'm so glad to see you're finally continuing this story! I just love your whole idea of telling a familiar tale to everyone here from the pack pony's POV. "I have heard the grumbles of dwarf-ponies as they passed my yard, and heard snatches of places far and away. For me, the Road always ended where we turned towards Archet, to the Chetwood to haul wood, or to go around Staddle ..." Bill is almost like the hobbits in this chapter. They have never left the boundaries of the Shire, and likewise Bill has never left Bree either. He gets his news of the outside world in much the same way, albeit from the travlling dwarves' ponies. I really hope you post more soon! Author Reply: I do like to look at a story from various angles. There is actually another "tenth walker" story outlined, but it probably won't be written until this one finishes. That one is rather more a comedy than this. I cannot even tell you the perspective and identity of the tenth walker in that one without giving away a great deal of the plot... and the joke. Will keep posting until I get stuck, and then I'll be working on other stories until I get unstuck. Seems to work. Thanks! Author Reply: p.s. nice insight, that, comparing Bill to the hobbits. I never looked at it in quite that light before. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/20/2006 |
| To give Bill a voice in the story is great Lindelea. Author Reply: Thanks! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/20/2006 |
| I love Bill's description of Pippin's smell. This is just lovely. Author Reply: Thanks! | |
| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/20/2006 |
| I have you on my author update list. Very good! Awhile back I read a piece where The Ring called to Bill the Pony, and he would have taken it except he realized he had no hand on which to wear it! i am sure this one will be as good! I hope you have the stamina to take him back home by himself. And it would be interesting to see how the year of troubles and the invasion of the Bad Men to Bree through the eyes of Bill, with perhaps Bob and Nob's commentary thrown in. Well begun! Author Reply: You know, I read that piece too, but don't remember where, or who the author was. (Might even have been me, though I rather doubt it, but I remember joking with Dana about Bill and the Ring at one time, how Bill disappeared in the movie when the crebain came and I suggested that Frodo jammed the Ring over the pony's ear to make him invisible until the crows had passed over... and just what Bill might have thought of it, at the time.) Author Reply: p.s. thanks for the vote of confidence. And I hope I have the stamina too! | |
| pebbles66 | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/20/2006 |
| Oh, I am glad that you are working on this again. I really enjoyed reading the first 2 parts. Poor Bill, how he was treated reminds me a little of Black Beauty, which I read as a child. My parents had to take it away from me because I got so upset! I'm glad that the hobbits will take care of Bill now. And I'm looking forward to reading more, soon, I hope! Author Reply: Thanks! Got stuck for a bit, but Bill just recently nudged my elbow, spilling my tea, and so I am working on this again. | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/7/2005 |
| Lovely! I do like how you make the pony think. I`m glad he approved of Sam`s use of that apple. :D Author Reply: Belated thanks! | |
| Inkling | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/5/2005 |
| My former misery…a nice touch, that Bill refuses to call Ferny master. And a very poignant moment with the poor old woman…sad from the death of her husband and the fate of her pony. Abuse of animals is so painful to read about…I remember Black Beauty making a huge impression on me. Author Reply: Hullo! Was replying to a recent review in this chapter and saw yours. You're spot on--that little scene with the carrot was inspired by something similar in Black Beauty. We sometimes watch Animal Cops on television, and the little ones want to grow up to be protectors of animals... | |
| Cuthalion | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/3/2005 |
| My old misery ducks too late, and I hear him cursing from behind the hedge, yet my trembling has left me, and I step forward confidently under Sam's guiding hand and Pippin's soft pull. Somehow I know I have nothing to fear any more. I lift my tail as we pass by the rusty gate and leave a steaming pile in the middle of the entry to the overgrown yard, a last farewell. 'Waste of a good apple,' Sam says, but I shake my head. It was my apple, after all, and I gladly donate it in service to the cause in which it was employed. *laughs* I love it. I lovelovelove it. Bravo. Author Reply: Thank you! Hopefully Bill will provide a bit of lightness to the heavier parts of the story, as well. He seems to have his head on straight. Ponies are eminently practical creatures, when they aren't taking on irrational dislikes/fears. | |