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Tolkien and the Beowulf Saga

Posted by michael on from the everything-old-is-new-again dept.

jackalski sent in this story about a translation of the Beowulf epic by J.R.R. Tolkien being discovered and which is now set to be published next year. Tolkien found Beowulf inspirational.

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf of the... uh..

  2. Imagine... by fraudrogic · · Score: 3, Funny

    a Beowulf cluster....oh.

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    1. Re:Imagine... by fraudrogic · · Score: 2, Funny

      damn ....must...post...obvious...joke...first.. oh well.

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    2. Re:Imagine... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can imagine clusters of Tolkien geeks waiting in line outside of bookstores decked out in chain mail and chanting in old english.

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    3. Re:Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Because AC's suck. Er, wait a second here...

    4. Re:Imagine... by Conspir8or · · Score: 2, Funny

      >Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish

      Gives us a fisssh, precious. It owes us a fisssh, yesss. Nice juicy fisssh.

  3. Any chance there is a pending copyright violation? by JudgeFurious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cause in this day and age it wouldn't even begin to surprise me.

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  4. Great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    just in time for the book to be released as an EBOOK with DRM!!!

  5. Movie Studios Cook this up? by reezle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I suppose it's an easy way to squeeze another film out of the 'ring' marketing machines... Stamp Tolkien's name to a manuscript, shove it in the bottom of a box, and have a dusty librarian dig it up for you. Instant next-year's-script..

    Wonder how many aspiring writers will be picking up on this new publication method in the coming years?

  6. It's safe to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I started looking through, and realised I had found an entire book of material that had never seen the light of day. As I turned the page, there was Tolkien's fingerprint in a smudge of ink."

    If you have Tolkien's fingerprint memorized, it's safe to say you REALLY NEED A NEW HOBBY.

    I feel sorry for this guy's daughter.

    1. Re:It's safe to say... by ramzak2k · · Score: 3, Funny

      I caught the ruddy spelling mistake. Should that have read :

      "If you have Tolkien's fingerprint memorized, it's safe to say you REALLY NEED A NEW HOBBIT.."

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  7. Why isn't there a "-1 No. Just no." rating? by adb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Know text.

  8. Isn't That Inefficient? by Myriad · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hmmm, I was under the impression that a Tolkein Ring based Beowulf custer wasn't the most efficient way of doing this...

    (duck) :)

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  9. Brin Takes Grendel's Side by Baldrson · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can hardly wait to see the Salon article by Hugo Award Winner David Brin(TM) telling us how Grendel is the good guy saving the dainty little things of civilization from barbaric heathens like Beowulf.

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  10. All Thy Castle Are Belong To Us by billstewart · · Score: 3, Funny

    In AD 0601, War Was Beginning.
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    Somebody set us up the catapult!
    We get wave splashing!
    What?
    Main drawbridge open up!
    It's thou!
    How are you, gentlemen!
    All thy castle are belong to us!
    Ye are on the way to destruction!
    What thou saith?
    Thou hast no chance to survive, make thy time!
    HA HA HA HA HA
    Take off every longboat!
    Ye know what ye do.
    Move longboat!
    For great justice!
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  11. Re:sir gawain by carlos_benj · · Score: 3, Funny

    But in Middle English there are no standards of spelling....

    So, a typical slashdot post is in Middle English?

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