getting anything right

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94106

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

Kneasy:
> In the meantime - we make hay while  the  sun shines. 

Geoff:
But you then munchthe hay in the winter when the sun isn't 
shining......


Kneasy:
> Being right is
> largely irrelevant IMO; being wrong in an interesting or 
entertaining way
> is more fun than being stodgy but right. No-one is keeping score, 
after all=
> .
> And if in the process you can provoke supposed outrage or 
opposition.... 
> Yes, there'll be a certain smug satisfaction if one's theory is 
confirmed,
> momentary disappointment if it's not, but it'd hardly be an earth-
> shattering trauma requiring intensive counseling.
> 
> My advice -  grab the opportunity to let your imagination run riot 
among
> like-minded folk. I doubt there'll be a chance like this again.


Geoff:
There's been a lot of theorising and chewing the cud over Tolkien's 
books since they came out and it still engenders fun and frolic. The 
various commentaries and critiques are of interest, especially if you 
don't agree with then and then you get a satisfaction over finding 
that Tom Shippey agrees with a theory or critical point you first 
made 30 years ago.

And even then, when the dust from Book 7 has settled, there will 
still be room for our imaginations to run on with ideas about what 
happened next with people who survive Pottergeddon, or whatever Book 
7 will lead to.....