XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net   
      
   In alt.fan.tolkien bill van  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:08:22 +1000, Michael Cole    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Paul S. Person pretended :   
   >> >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 14:49:05 -0000 (UTC), "Lucas S. A. Castro"   
   >> >>  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>> On Sun, 05 Jun 2016 09:39:51 -0700, Paul S. Person   
   >> >>>  wrote   
   >> >>> (vdl8lbhusbi68pssuru28opn81bhatlpod@4ax.com):   
   >> >>>> On Sun, 05 Jun 2016 08:28:21 +0200, Steve Hayes    
   >> >>>> wrote:   
   >> >>>>> In fact this ng seems to be dying, so even slightly off-topic posts   
   may   
   >> >>>>> brighten someone'es day.   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> That's been tried.   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> It produces way more heat than light.   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> Heat is vital sign, nonetheless.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> But it burns rather than informs.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> And, yes, except for the auto-posts, and the spam, and the Tolkien   
   >> >> Transactions (if I recall the name correctly) -- they are dead.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> And likely to stay that way for the forseeable future.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> After all, what new thing is there to talk about?   
   >> >>   
   >> >> And who is there to talk about it with?   
   >> >   
   >> >There are still some who come here to see if anything is happening.   
   >> >But yes, not much is being posted.   
   >>   
   >> It was fine until about 3-4 months ago, then suddenly everyone went   
   >> away.   
   >>   
   >> But as Paul said, what new thing is there to talk about?   
   >>   
   >> Tolkien is dead, and so there will be no new works to discuss, and   
   >> everything that can be said about his works has probably been said.   
   >>   
   >> Do Balrogs have wings?   
   >   
   > That's not completely clear:   
   >   
   > "Something was coming up behind them. What it was could not be seen: it   
   > was like a great shadow, in the middle of which was a dark form, of   
   > man-shape maybe, yet greater; and a power and terror seemed to be in it   
   > and go before it... Its streaming mane kindled and blazed behind it. In   
   > its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left   
   > it held a whip of many thongs.... His enemy halted again, facing him,   
   > and the shadows about it reached out like two vast wings. It raised the   
   > whip, and the thongs whined and cracked. Fire came from its nostrils."   
   >   
   > I think quite a few people look into this group from time to time in   
   > case something starts happening. Depending on your news reader, keeping   
   > an eye out for activity can be effortless.   
      
   I drop in a few times each week, just in case.   
      
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