Booknook Friending Meme
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booknookHello, hello! booknook is tossing its hat in the ring for 3weeks4dreamwidth in the form of a friending meme :D
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booknook is tossing its hat in the ring for 3weeks4dreamwidth in the form of a friending meme :D Copy and paste the text from the little box below into a new comment on this post. Feel free to remove the questions that aren't relevant for you! (If you want to fill this out in a post somewhere else, you're welcome do so, simply credit
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Date: 2024-04-29 04:35 pm (UTC)Bea Wolf sounds interesting! I managed to make my way through Tolkien's version Beaowulf a few years ago.
I see we have plenty of people in common, some fandom overlap and a joy of literature, do you mind if I friend?
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Date: 2024-04-29 05:07 pm (UTC)Also, you live in Norway, wow! I've been twice (Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø and thereabouts), and the area around Flåm has taken my breath away every time. Incredible Middle Earth vibes :)
I have actually -- embarrassingly for a huge Tolkien fan -- never read Tolkien's Beowulf -- one of these days, maybe! I don't remember whose translation we read when I studied it at uni (only that I was disappointed it wasn't Tolkien's, heh. Well, and it wasn't Heaney.), and more recently enjoyed Maria Dahvana Headley's version rather a lot.
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Date: 2024-04-29 07:34 pm (UTC)Yes, I live in Norway, in Vestfold actually, another thing close to Middle Earth. There are no grand mountains here, if anything it is more like Hobbiton in places. I’m only a bit south of Oslo, so I’ve been there plenty of times. I’ve been to Bergen, Flåm and Trømsø too and yes there’s certainly great views in Flåm!
I enjoyed Tolkien’s version, but then again it is the only version I have read. I kept note of everything I, with my untrained eye, managed to connect to Norse mythology/history. Maria Dahvana Headley's version is on my to-read-list!
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Date: 2024-04-29 10:54 pm (UTC)everything I, with my untrained eye, managed to connect to Norse mythology/history.
haha, same! It was really neat to see everything I recognized in Beowulf either from Norse mythology or from Tolkien, like stealing from the dragon's hoard.
Maria Dahvana Headley's version is on my to-read-list!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!