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Itse · 09-08-2009, 02:34 AM

About one thousand apologies for my absence, it seems the CPDL stole all the mental energy I had left.

For our 10th round pick, team HeroQuest would like to pick William Gibson, but inconveniently the bugger is not dead.

So we pick John Ronald Reuel Tolkien in the Writer category.Tolkien is one of those characters, whose significance and brilliance is diluted by mountains of publicity and hordes of buffoons like Steve Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, drooling fans seemingly incapable of even the most elementary interpretations beyond "dwarves are funny", "elves are cool" and "Sauron is hard to get".

In any case, the man basicly redefined what the fantasy fiction could be, something I much appreciate.

EDIT: Oh, a picture.

09-08-2009, 02:34 AM	#292
Itse Franchise Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Exp:	About one thousand apologies for my absence, it seems the CPDL stole all the mental energy I had left. For our 10th round pick, team HeroQuest would like to pick William Gibson, but inconveniently the bugger is not dead. So we pick John Ronald Reuel Tolkien in the Writer category.Tolkien is one of those characters, whose significance and brilliance is diluted by mountains of publicity and hordes of buffoons like Steve Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, drooling fans seemingly incapable of even the most elementary interpretations beyond "dwarves are funny", "elves are cool" and "Sauron is hard to get". In any case, the man basicly redefined what the fantasy fiction could be, something I much appreciate. EDIT: Oh, a picture. Last edited by Itse; 09-08-2009 at 02:38 AM.