Re: LoTR in Russia (wasRe: Tolkien's notion of biology)

On Thursday, December 18, 2003, at 12:39  AM, Pavel Iosad wrote:
> Hello,
>>  Are any of our
>> Russian-speakers (or speakers of related
>> somewhat-mutually-intelligible
>> languages) aware of the so-called "Black Silmarillion"?
>
> Yeah. What's more, I know one of the authors - in fact I'm a moderator
> on her forum ;)
> And it's 'The Black Book of Arda', not 'The Black Silmarillion'.
Cool!  I just called it 'the black silmarillion' since that's how i've
seen it refered to in English on the internet.

>> Anyone want to
>> translate it into English, too?  :)
>
> I believe there have been projects to this end. They turned out rather
> unsuccessful, though. But, really, why do you need it? :)
> Pavel
Because i want to know The Truth, of course!  ;)


-Stephen (Steg)
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