tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post1490418702492679171..comments2024-03-28T14:05:25.134-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: The New Arrivals & The New PublicationsJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-33176901222880038302012-10-16T10:36:03.155-07:002012-10-16T10:36:03.155-07:00John, your comments on slimess appear slightly at ...John, your comments on slimess appear slightly at odds with your comments on the size of the book you reviewed for this edition. Can you expand on them? Thanks, Andrewwellinghallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115183612086907332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-47149650452580950762012-10-16T10:35:50.215-07:002012-10-16T10:35:50.215-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.wellinghallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115183612086907332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-29771658357799239482012-10-16T10:34:54.658-07:002012-10-16T10:34:54.658-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.wellinghallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115183612086907332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-47838282130326843652012-09-08T13:00:32.899-07:002012-09-08T13:00:32.899-07:00I agree with John that shorter does not necessaril...I agree with John that shorter does not necessarily mean worse, so long as the quality is high. In my opinion, three of the four articles are definitely worthwhile (I won't comment of the fourth, for obvious reasons), the book reviews are consistently high quality, and the years work in Tolkien studies is a unique resource. My only real complaint is the lack of primary material, and I think that is something that we can't necessarily expect every year (although we have gotten spoiled over the past few). Certainly the turnover in the editorship has probably limited this volume, but I think it is unfair to be as critical as you are being, Jason.<br /><br />Obviously, other people's mileage will vary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-1405440514909981152012-09-07T10:29:13.055-07:002012-09-07T10:29:13.055-07:00Turning to the TOLKIEN STUDIES, this is a much sli...<i>Turning to the TOLKIEN STUDIES, this is a much slimmer volume than the last few, but that's not necess. a bad thing -- they'd started out about this size and then slowly been growing in thickness, volume by volume; this might represent scaling back a little.</i><br /><br />If it <i>is</i> a deliberate scaling back, then why? And it's not by a <i>little</i>, in any case. This issue is the shortest of the nine published so far, and it's <i>less than half</i> the size of each of the last five issues. That's a substantial cut in content!<br /><br />I doubt it's a deliberate scaling back. If I had to guess, I'd say that maybe there just weren't enough quality submissions for this issue. I hope the community takes this slim number as a call to action. I'm not saying <i>Tolkien Studies</i> should publish more articles just for the sake of more, sacrificing quality, but this issue is clearly an aberration from past years.<br /><br />I found the size of the new issue very disappointing, and I'm hoping we'll see a lot more next year, including a few more reviews and (hopefully) some more primary material.Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.com