Re: My masterpiece, part 1 (long)

Jesse Bangs scripsit:

> Why, thank you.  I'm glad you said that the similarity to Quenya was
> distant, since Yivríndil was designed mostly free from Tolkeinian
> influences, although JRRT and I do share somewhat similar tastes.  Not
> exactly the same, though--I find Quenya rather syrupy and over-pretty.
Nevertheless, your creation myth shows definite influence from the
Ainulindale.  Which is not to say it's not an amazing piece of
work -- after all, JRRT didn't write *his* myth in Quenya.

--
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_