[bksvol-discuss] Re: Tolkien
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:35:52 -0400 (EDT)
It's not exactly Tolkien, but I was fascinated by what Tolkien borrowed
from Norse mythology. I'd read that somewhere, but I really saw it for
myself when I validated a book on Norse myths. Sorry I can't remember the
name of the book. but there was the giant wolf and Baren One-Hand (with
different names), and a lot of dwarf names are straight from the Norse.
Tracy
> Here are a few of the other Tolkien books I've validated
>
> Meditations on Middle-earth , fantasy writers like Orson Scott Card,
> Ursula
> K Le Guin, Raymond Feist, Terry Prachett Charles De Lint George R R Martin
> and more talk about their experiences reading Tolkien and how he inspired
> and influenced them.
>
> J R R Tolkien Architect of Middle Earth a biography by Daniel Grotta was
> added by others and is a very good scan.
>
> One Ring to bind them all, Tolkien's Mythology Anne C Petty, I validated
> this one and it's so scholarly I was shocked...I think it's
> deconstructionist or something.
>
> The Master of the Rings inside the world of J. R. R. Tolkien by Susan Ang.
> This one was a fun validation and I validated the 36 pages of glossaries,
> bibliographies, etc.
>
> If you haven't seen me on list, you can guess what I'm doing. With all of
> the Tolkien, I still crave my Irish, Scottish and Welsh books, mysteries
> and
> surprises.
>
> Oh, and for the Potter fans, We have some entertaining books about the
> series I think added mostly by Carrie.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:47 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Tolkien
>
>
>> Dear Kelby, Katie, and Tolkien Fans,
>>
>> Kelby, several of us are Tolkien fans. We've been adding to Bookshare's
>> Tolkien collection and submitting BSOs of books were already in the
>> collection which needed to be improved.
>>
>> My contribution has been validating and if there isn't a scanner's hall
>> of
>> fame, we need one so the Volunteers who have been scanning Tolkien can
>> be
>> charter inductees.
>>
>> Whew, where to start.
>> Books we've completed and that you can count on for accuracy and
>> completeness include;
>>
>> The Book of Lost Tales, Volume One rescanned by Evan Reese.
>>
>> The Book of Lost Tales Volume Two, rescanned by Pratik Patel
>>
>> The Tolkien Biography scanned by Carrie Carnos and validated by Evan
>> Reese
>>
>> The Children of Huron, the newest book prepared by Christopher Tolkien
>> was
>> scanned in house and Carrie Carnos not only validated it, but undertook
>> the tedious task of inserting all of the accents which aren't recognized
>> by most scanning equipment.
>>
>> The Silmarrilion, the latest edition, scanned by Katie Hill and
>> scheduled
>> to be uploaded by next week when I unravel the 5 pages of genealogies.
>>
>> The History of Middle-earth Volume three, all poetry, has been scanned
>> by
>> Evan and is next in line for me to format and validate.
>>
>> We have 2 other Tolkien biographies prepared by other volunteers.
>>
>> I have validated several books of analysis,, criticism and discussion
>> of
>> The Lord of the Rings which are in the collection.
>>
>> While taking breaks from the concentration I need to validate the
>> Silmarillion, I'm Currently validating J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying
>> Myth
>> Understanding Middle-earth by Bradley J. Birzer scanned by Jim Baugh 202
>> pages with a 12 page index, and more notes than I've ever seen, over 200
>> in a single chapter.
>>
>> I'm also validating Understanding Middle-earth Essays on Tolkien's
>> Middle-Earth by Michael Martinez, 512 pages scanned by Carrie.
>>
>> Something I'd love to see, but haven't had time to do is set up a
>> Tolkien
>> category on Jakes list because not all of the books about Tolkien's work
>> can be found by searching his name.
>>
>> As I've progressed through validating these books, I've worked hard to
>> improve my technique for inserting accents. Tolkien uses the acute,
>> circumflex and umlaut most, but when the files are processed, all
>> accents
>> in the braille files appear with a dot 4 in front of the accented letter
>> so you can't tell which accent is really there.
>>
>> I've settled on a system where I list all accented words at the
>> beginning
>> of the book with a key matching the accents to numbers. After each word,
>> the numbers appear in the order of the accents. For example
>>
>> 1 = acute
>> 2 = umlaut
>> 3 = circumflex
>>
>> so the following Elvish word would be listed this way.
>>
>> Aldudénië 1, 2
>>
>> amrûn 3
>>
>> Anadûnê 3, 3
>>
>> Most of these words appear from 1 to over 100 times each in the text. To
>> find out exactly what the accents are, readers can look them up in the
>> list. This system isn't perfect, and I could use a proofreader, though I
>> try and triple check my entries. You can see an example of my attempt to
>> clarify the accents in The Book of Lost Tales volume Two. I'll be
>> interested in suggestions.
>>
>> And, if you're interested, I'll e-mail you the list of over 200 accented
>> words for The Silmarillion. Thank you for your patience, Katie. I hope
>> you'll be proud of the finished product when I upload. You picked a
>> beautiful edition of the book to scan and your scan has been a joy to
>> work
>> with.
>>
>> Amy, I'll write you off list about your offer to help. I've got a pile
>> of
>> book for your consideration.
>>
>> Also, I've read the Hobbit and LOTR in braille from NLS so don't know
>> what
>> shape they are in in Bookshare. Has anyone read our copies?
>>
>> I'm out of time, now, but I hope you'll contact me off list with your
>> comments and suggestions at,
>>
>> airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Katie Hill" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:32 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: we Volunteer; Questions and Requests
>>
>>
>>> HI Kelby,
>>>
>>> I know the Silmarillion is in the validation queue because I rescanned
>>> it.
>>> The others may be there also. When Lissi sees this post she will let
>>> you
>>> know what is going on. Lissi and a couple others are working on a
>>> longer
>>> term project to get more of Tolkien's works in the collection.
>>>
>>> The joy of life is living in the question
>>> Katie Hill
>>> Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kelby carlson
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:51 AM
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] ew Volunteer; Questions and Requests
>>>
>>> Dear Fellow Volunteers,
>>>
>>> My name is Kelby, and I've recently becoce a Bookshare volunteer.
>>> I don't know if this was necessary a wise decision on my part, as
>>> I don't have a scanner and scanning software, and can't afford
>>> them at this time. I can, however, attempt to proofread and
>>> validate books if that is needed. In fact, I have just attempted
>>> to do so, but ran into a problem when trying to upload the
>>> approved book. It said that my RTF file was not a valid RTF
>>> file, which I can assure you is not the case. What might I do
>>> about this?
>>>
>>> Secondly, I would like to request that a few books desperately
>>> need to be re-scanned. The most important of these works are the
>>> collected stories of JddRR. Tolkie. This includes the Lord of
>>> the Rings, Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales. Books I would
>>> also love to see added to the collection are the rest of the
>>> voluces in the History of Middle Earth series. I have other
>>> ideas, but I believe Tolkien's work needs to be scanned again,
>>> hopefully making far more readable copies. Hope to hear from you
>>> all soon.
>>>
>>> Kelby
>>>
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>>>
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