Join The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen, on a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story, and explore Middle-earth through the magical game-world of Lord of the Rings Online.
Corey returns just in time for the introduction of central character in the LOTR!
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Join Corey as he joins the Company is seeing what there is to be seen in the early light of the new day in Moria.
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We discuss Gimli and Frodo's very different reactions to Gandalf's download of mithril lore.
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Tonight Corey looks at what Gandalf emphasizes about Moria-silver.
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Corey returns to the world of prose to discuss Sam's response to Gimli's song and the overall shift towards practical application.
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The poetic experiment continues as we examine the last monochrome stanzas of Gimli's poem.
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What does Tolkien tell us about mithril? Tonight we discuss the passage that contains about 80-90% of what we know.
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Tonight we continue with our initial pass through Gimli's Khazad-dum poem!
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Corey discusses the ending of Gimli’s song and then presents his observations on what makes this poem not at all boring.
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Tonight we return to Gimli's poem one more time, finding the third poetic dimension in the middle stanzas.
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We are back and ready for some poetry. Are you prepared for one of our three biggest glimpses into dwarfdom in all of the LOTR?
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Tonight, we hear from Gimli at last, and get a glimpse of his experience. And we prepare for the poem!
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Tonight we come to the end of the second Moria March in comparative comfort, underneath the unseen sky.
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It is time for the Second March of the Company through Moria. Things are trending up in the deadly dark.
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Tonight we examine Gandalf and his benevolent nicotine addiction.
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Tonight, Pippin will throw a stone down a well. Admit it: you would do it too.
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Tonight we return to Pippin by the unnerving hole in the floor, and we join him in listening to echoes.
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Tonight we remember Bill the Pony and discover the Hole in the Floor, disappearing into darkness.
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Tonight we continue our journey through the dark, listening to noises and thinking about the sunlit lands.
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Tonight we look at Frodo's description of the darkness around them, and the obstacles and noises that fill it.
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