Re: The Black Book of Arda (was Re: LoTR in Russia (wasRe: Tolkien's notion of biology))
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 19, 2003, 11:37 |
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On Thursday, December 18, 2003, at 10:47 PM, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
>>> 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'.
>
> What is "The Black Book of Arda"? I once saw a web site of a couple
> of guys who tried to "reconstruct" an alternative Silmarillion
> based on JRRT's alternative cosmology where the Earth has always
> been round. Does this have something to do with that?
> Greetings,
> Jörg.
Naaa... it's much more devious than that ;) .
The Black Book of Arda (which, incidentally, might be something like
'Thesn-a Sudfle-a tza'Aambalá' in Rokbeigalmki) is a rewriting of the
Silmarillion with Melkor as Good and the Valar as Bad. At least that's
as much as i've heard.
-Stephen (Steg)
"Wizards ought to know better: they do know better.
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men
bad enough for such treachery."
~ treebeard, 'the two towers' by j r r tolkien
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