Comments on: Meme Mooching: Favorite 5 Fantasy Nonhumans http://nkjemisin.com/2009/10/meme-mooching-favorite-5-fantasy-nonhumans/ Author N K Jemisin Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nkjemisin http://nkjemisin.com/2009/10/meme-mooching-favorite-5-fantasy-nonhumans/#comment-3197 nkjemisin Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:30:17 +0000 http://nkjemisin.com/?p=164#comment-3197 Hi Rhindra, I've read the Silmarillon, though it was a decade ago and I mostly just read it to figure out why Sauron was so Saurony. But the "literally holier than thou" was a reference to Tolkien's construction of the elves as essentially <a href="http://www.ansereg.com/what_tolkien_officially_said_abo.htm" rel="nofollow">ideal Catholics.</a> All three of the elf-variants I mentioned aren't ideal anything. Hi Rhindra,

I’ve read the Silmarillon, though it was a decade ago and I mostly just read it to figure out why Sauron was so Saurony. But the “literally holier than thou” was a reference to Tolkien’s construction of the elves as essentially ideal Catholics. All three of the elf-variants I mentioned aren’t ideal anything.

]]> By: Rhindra http://nkjemisin.com/2009/10/meme-mooching-favorite-5-fantasy-nonhumans/#comment-3196 Rhindra Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:06:27 +0000 http://nkjemisin.com/?p=164#comment-3196 Interesting, but I don't think I would call Tolkien's elves 'holier than thou.' I take it you'vev never read The Silmarillion or heard of Feanor? Interesting, but I don’t think I would call Tolkien’s elves ‘holier than thou.’ I take it you’vev never read The Silmarillion or heard of Feanor?

]]> By: Interview | N.K. Jemisin, author of ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’ | A Dribble of Ink http://nkjemisin.com/2009/10/meme-mooching-favorite-5-fantasy-nonhumans/#comment-2662 Interview | N.K. Jemisin, author of ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’ | A Dribble of Ink Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:19:00 +0000 http://nkjemisin.com/?p=164#comment-2662 [...] last minute. It was by a male author, Carlos Ruiz Zafon). Similarly, this list on your blog of your Favourite 5 Fantasy Non-humans contains characters written solely by female [...] [...] last minute. It was by a male author, Carlos Ruiz Zafon). Similarly, this list on your blog of your Favourite 5 Fantasy Non-humans contains characters written solely by female [...]

]]> By: mjj http://nkjemisin.com/2009/10/meme-mooching-favorite-5-fantasy-nonhumans/#comment-1945 mjj Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:41:18 +0000 http://nkjemisin.com/?p=164#comment-1945 Kind of a sideways comment, but I always assumed the Fae and hence the elves lived in a slightly different dimension from humans. Is why Legolas could walk on snow, if nothing else. There's something somewhere I can't place, about the stars not moving in the fairy world, and I think something about it being always evening there as well. And of course classic Fae *do* live underground and are perfectly pale, but not as a causal relationship. They're pale because they're Celts, essentially. (Lewis had a great description of salamanders as well. He's generally not bad when he's working the Classic ie Greek and Roman vein rather than the northern Europe one.) Kind of a sideways comment, but I always assumed the Fae and hence the elves lived in a slightly different dimension from humans. Is why Legolas could walk on snow, if nothing else. There’s something somewhere I can’t place, about the stars not moving in the fairy world, and I think something about it being always evening there as well. And of course classic Fae *do* live underground and are perfectly pale, but not as a causal relationship. They’re pale because they’re Celts, essentially.

(Lewis had a great description of salamanders as well. He’s generally not bad when he’s working the Classic ie Greek and Roman vein rather than the northern Europe one.)

]]> By: Tammy Lee http://nkjemisin.com/2009/10/meme-mooching-favorite-5-fantasy-nonhumans/#comment-1929 Tammy Lee Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:26:11 +0000 http://nkjemisin.com/?p=164#comment-1929 My #1 favourite fantasy non-human is still Puddleglum the Marshwiggle from The Silver Chair by C.S.Lewis. I love that he's the most cheerful of that pessimistic race and I've always been curious about the marshwiggles as a race. I wish there was more written about them but I suspect if there was it would be quite gloomy to read. My #1 favourite fantasy non-human is still Puddleglum the Marshwiggle from The Silver Chair by C.S.Lewis. I love that he’s the most cheerful of that pessimistic race and I’ve always been curious about the marshwiggles as a race. I wish there was more written about them but I suspect if there was it would be quite gloomy to read.

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