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km-515.livejournal.com is a personal blog at km-515.livejournal.com about culture and writing. Since 2011, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's essays that reread Tolkien and Star Wars from an unusual angle, such as the claim that Tom Bombadil is sinister and an essay on R2D2 as the central character.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011)5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2018-02-28
- Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-12-17
- Reconsidering Star Wars IV in the Light of I-III3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-11-21
What Hacker News says?
If you enjoyed this, you might also enjoy the same writer's take on R2D2 being the central character of Star Wara: https://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html
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on “Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011)”Submitted Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011) as a story · 372 points
HN discussionOh, Tom is dangerous, you wouldn't believe how much. https://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html (and yes, this has been refuted countless times but it's really funny)
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on “Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years”Submitted Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil as a story · 158 points
HN discussionYou'll probably enjoy this essay "Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil" https://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html
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on “China using big data to detain people before crime is committed”Submitted Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil (2011) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThis is interesting, but a little weak. It reminds me of this other,10-year-old post about Tom Bombadil from the Lord of the Rings: https://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html
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on “The true villain of Disney’s Frozen (2019)”Submitted The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWhile we're on the topic of reinterpreting The Lord of the Rings, someone speculated (based only on the texts of Tolkien, themselves) that Tom Bombadil was a sinister character. The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil Original Post: http://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9982237
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on “Bored of the Rings”Submitted Reconsidering Star Wars IV in the Light of I-III as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYeah, the touchstone of a Star Wars essay is: "Is this essay diverting enough to make me forget all about George Lucas?" This one doesn't quite get there. Indeed, so far I've only seen one essay incorporating the dreaded prequels that did: http://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html ... though it's not as if I read widely in the genre. I generally prefer to pretend that all Star Wars footage filmed after 1984 was part of…
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on “Psychopathy in the Star Wars Universe”Submitted A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope as a story · 1 points
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