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So where can I download a copy before it’s nuked?

by sjfjsjdjwvwvc 3y ago

misnome 3y ago
I tried all the usual vendors and second hand suppliers but couldn’t find it still listed anywhere :(
- throwaway81523 3y ago
  It's on bn.com but it sounds pretty bad based on reddit comments.
qingcharles 3y ago
I can't see a copy on any of the pirate sites.
jackhack 3y ago
For anyone that enjoyed LoTR/The Hobbit and thinks this new story might be interesting or entertaining, allow me to assure you it is not. The writing is meandering, unclear, futile expository. In a word "amateurish". Being as generous as possible, it is a poor tribute. Less generously, one might call it a lazy attempt to cash in on the legacy of JRR's universe of Middle Earth. The writing bears no resemblance whatsoever to the grand, Elizabethan style of Tolkien. See for yourself: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=iH6iEAAAQBAJ&source=ebookstore https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=iH6iEAAAQBAJ&source=...
- duskwuff 3y ago
  Oh my goodness. You weren't kidding -- this is awful. Even if it weren't trying to fill Tolkien's boots it'd still be bad writing; the pretension just makes it look even worse by comparison.
- mock-possum 3y ago
  Oh wow it’s so bad I can’t get over HMS Samwise, like he’s a boat
- throwaway81523 3y ago
  If you are looking for such things, I thought that "The Shadow of Angmar" by Steelbadger does a mostly-good job of telling a story in a Tolkien-like style. It's a LOTR/Harry Potter crossover fanfic that is well regarded in its little niche. Unfortunately, it's not finished. The author says he hasn't given up on it, but there haven't been any updates in a while. There is enough to be quite a good read though. I would say it was/is intended to have three main arcs. The first two arcs are completed and online. I can imagine what was intended for the third, and it seems very difficult to do, which might explain why the author hasn't yet attempted it.
aw1621107 3y ago
It'll probably be forever available since it was an exhibit in the lawsuit and US federal court proceedings are generally publicly available. More specifically, it's currently available via RECAP[0], which is a free mirror-ish service for PACER. [0]: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.881511/gov.uscourts.cacd.881511.37.6.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.88...

So where can I download a copy before it’s nuked?

misnome 3y ago

I tried all the usual vendors and second hand suppliers but couldn’t find it still listed anywhere :(

throwaway81523 3y ago
It's on bn.com but it sounds pretty bad based on reddit comments.

qingcharles 3y ago

I can't see a copy on any of the pirate sites.

jackhack 3y ago

For anyone that enjoyed LoTR/The Hobbit and thinks this new story might be interesting or entertaining, allow me to assure you it is not. The writing is meandering, unclear, futile expository. In a word "amateurish". Being as generous as possible, it is a poor tribute. Less generously, one might call it a lazy attempt to cash in on the legacy of JRR's universe of Middle Earth. The writing bears no resemblance whatsoever to the grand, Elizabethan style of Tolkien. See for yourself: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=iH6iEAAAQBAJ&source=ebookstore https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=iH6iEAAAQBAJ&source=...

duskwuff 3y ago
Oh my goodness. You weren't kidding -- this is awful. Even if it weren't trying to fill Tolkien's boots it'd still be bad writing; the pretension just makes it look even worse by comparison.
mock-possum 3y ago
Oh wow it’s so bad I can’t get over HMS Samwise, like he’s a boat
throwaway81523 3y ago
If you are looking for such things, I thought that "The Shadow of Angmar" by Steelbadger does a mostly-good job of telling a story in a Tolkien-like style. It's a LOTR/Harry Potter crossover fanfic that is well regarded in its little niche. Unfortunately, it's not finished. The author says he hasn't given up on it, but there haven't been any updates in a while. There is enough to be quite a good read though. I would say it was/is intended to have three main arcs. The first two arcs are completed and online. I can imagine what was intended for the third, and it seems very difficult to do, which might explain why the author hasn't yet attempted it.

aw1621107 3y ago

It'll probably be forever available since it was an exhibit in the lawsuit and US federal court proceedings are generally publicly available. More specifically, it's currently available via RECAP[0], which is a free mirror-ish service for PACER. [0]: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.881511/gov.uscourts.cacd.881511.37.6.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.88...