Erulisse
· 17 January 2010
· Chapter 0: Title Page; Preface; Editors' Foreword
Oh joy! Another item by one of my favorite authors, and dealing with a subject whose long history in Middle Earth has grown from participant into mythology. This will be a fascinating and multi-faceted view of a complex and strong elleth peppered with commentary from two very beloved, acerbic, and honest editors. I am looking forward to every ensuing chapter in this saga and am sure that you will be handling it brilliantly.
- Erulisse
Author's reply
Your kindness is terribly humbling! Thank you so much for such lovely words -- really, it's going to be days before I stop smiling -- and I do hope the story doesn't disappoint you!
perelleth
· 17 January 2010
· Chapter 0: Title Page; Preface; Editors' Foreword
Oh, you have such a talent for voices! I love the convoluted, rethoric style here, and the promise of the underlying story behind the wording.
That the Silvan loved the lady is a wonderful statement. That the lord puts disbelief on hold for the sake of love (theirs as well as his) and the well- known tools of ficiton and story telling is sobering and also dryly amusing.
And I'm in stitches looking forward to Erestor and Melinna's critical voices and side notes.
Author's reply
You always say such kind things! I hope you do enjoy the rest of this piece -- I have to admit, I've been writing it on the assumption that it would only amuse me, so I will be immensely pleased if it interests other people as well. And I'm so glad you liked the style -- it was rather dictated by Mrs Jeffreys' journal, at least for the journal entries, and that was written in 1827, which may account for some of the peculiarities.
As ever, thank you for reading and commenting!
Celeritas
· 17 January 2010
· Chapter 0: Title Page; Preface; Editors' Foreword
Okay, it's only the title page and preface and I'm already excited about this story--it looks as if you're going to do a lot of good stuff to explain away the various contradictory texts concerning Galadriel from UT.
Especially looking forward to the promise of the critical notes, which should help provide some important perspective to this particular iteration of the tale, and if done properly might rival C.S. Lewis' critiques on the Lays of Beleriand.
Seriously looking forward to seeing where you take this,
Celeritas
Author's reply
Oh goodness, now I'm nervous! I have to admit, none of my reasons for writing this story included the possibility that someone might really want to read it! Even by my standards, this is a fairly strange piece. I do hope the Journal proper (and its critical notes, though certainly I don't aim to rival C.S. Lewis' commentary on the Lays) doesn't disappoint you.
Many thanks for reading, and for the review!