20.11.2015, 00:35
(Modification du message : 20.11.2015, 03:34 par Matt Coombes.)
Thank you for the welcome...
Please note that what you are arguing as the title of the book... is NOT the title. This was a summary title for the Kickstarter project. Now if I may also be blunt, you are making a big assumption regarding the content of the book in what you are stating - you have not seen the book - not even the contents page. Of course a concise summary of every word, marking and phoneme that came out of Tolkien would run into many many pages, but it is simply not something that would sell, nor be read by the potential captive audience.
I could change the title.. "A brief summary of..", "A detailed introduction...", but this is my choice. If on purchasing the book, the reader does not feel they have gleaned sufficient information for their outlay, then of course they can be directed to Parma, VT, MUSE, Mallorn, Mythlore... but this is precisely the point. If my book gets people that far, then great. I feel that I have done the great man justice. I have made several references to journals, publications and academics in the book - I have even tackled the Sarati Diary Mode... admitedly started by Arden Smith, but I have further reconstructed the attested samples and drawn further conclusions.
There is a lot of work put into the book, and I sincerely hope it can assist the cause. But please do not make further assumptions about me or my work.
Please note that what you are arguing as the title of the book... is NOT the title. This was a summary title for the Kickstarter project. Now if I may also be blunt, you are making a big assumption regarding the content of the book in what you are stating - you have not seen the book - not even the contents page. Of course a concise summary of every word, marking and phoneme that came out of Tolkien would run into many many pages, but it is simply not something that would sell, nor be read by the potential captive audience.
I could change the title.. "A brief summary of..", "A detailed introduction...", but this is my choice. If on purchasing the book, the reader does not feel they have gleaned sufficient information for their outlay, then of course they can be directed to Parma, VT, MUSE, Mallorn, Mythlore... but this is precisely the point. If my book gets people that far, then great. I feel that I have done the great man justice. I have made several references to journals, publications and academics in the book - I have even tackled the Sarati Diary Mode... admitedly started by Arden Smith, but I have further reconstructed the attested samples and drawn further conclusions.
There is a lot of work put into the book, and I sincerely hope it can assist the cause. But please do not make further assumptions about me or my work.