[all that beheld] his onset fled in amaze, deeming that Oromë himself was come, for a great madness of ire was upon him. Thus he came alone even to Angband’s gate and smote upon it once again, and sounded a challenge upon his silver horn, calling upon Morgoth to come forth to combat, crying:
“Come forth, thou coward lurking lord
to fight with thine own hand and sword!
Thou wielder of hosts of slaves and thrall,
pit-dweller, shielded by strong walls,
thou foe of gods and elven-race,
come forth and show thy craven face!
“Come forth thou coward king, and fight with thine own hand! Thou den-dweller, wielder of thralls, liar and lurker. Come foe of Gods and Elves, for I would see thy craven face!”
Then Morgoth came. For he could not refuse such a challenge before all his folk and captains. But ... (查看原文)
本书有若干计算错误，大部分是托尔金算错了（毕竟他没有计算器和excel），编者注中已列举了不少，这里列几条编者疏漏的。（都发给编者了，有些简单的就懒得回译成中文了） 🔴 P.8 If 12,000 [Tree] hours= 10 Middle-earth years, each Tree-hour = about 7.3 Sun-hours = 7 ...
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在出版译本前用爱发电尝试翻一下附录一，仅作学习交流之用 这篇附录为《中洲自然》（The Nature of Middle-earth: Late Writings on the Lands, Inhabitants, and Metaphysics of Middle-earth, 2021）的编者Carl F. Hostetter所作，可以当一篇托尔金神话的简短哲普和宗教主题...
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Vealin
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt2021版
还没人写过短评呢