# ATTENTION : Anyone who posted in the "If LOTR had been written..." thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367 "2003-01-08T20:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/1 "2003-01-08T20:51:15Z")
I’m going to be adding this entire damned thread to [Teemings Extras](http://www.teemings.com/extras/index.html). I’ve asked the powers that be for permission from the Reader, but normally I would ask the individual posters for permission. But since there are so many here, it’s fairly impossible. So, if there is anyone who does NOT want their piece added to that site, please either contact me or let me know here. Thanks, Euty ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/2 "2003-01-08T21:15:40Z")
**Euty** …did you mean to make this a sticky? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/3 "2003-01-08T21:24:55Z")
“… _damned_ thread.” Getting tired of loading and reading it, **Euty**? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/4 "2003-01-08T21:34:16Z")
Can iI send you my contribution, without the typos? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/5 "2003-01-09T01:06:40Z")
**ivylass** I would have, but I think Ike is getting jealous. I was kidding him at the NY dopefest that my ultimate goal is to have the whole front page of Cafe Society all stickies and all by me and I’m not too sure if he took me seriously or not. **Gangster Octopus** Yes, please do. I’m just taking them all verbatim from the thread, but if you have a corrected version, please e-mail it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/6 "2003-01-09T02:34:13Z")
But it says right down there… > [@](#): > > By posting on this board you grant the Chicago Reader, Inc., and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to re-use your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you. So what’s the biggie? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/7 "2003-01-09T05:19:18Z")
I don’t think it’s a legal issue; it’s just a courtesy. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/8 "2003-01-09T05:31:39Z")
I don’t think Teemings is associated with Chicago Reader. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/9 "2003-01-09T05:46:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by erislover \* > \*\*I don’t think Teemings is associated with Chicago Reader. \*\* It could be considered so since it depends heavily on the _Reader_’s copyrighted material (this MB). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/10 "2003-01-09T06:29:53Z")
Ya know, I opened this thinking two things: 1. It was going to be an announcement that it was time to close the original thread and start the sequel in about eighteen more posts. 2. If (1.), above, it ought to be a sticky. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/11 "2003-01-09T10:14:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Attrayant \* > \*\*So what’s the biggie? \*\* **erislover** is correct. Teemings is not directly associated or controlled by The Chicago Reader. I did ask Ed Zotti for permission to reproduce the thread, which he granted. However, I also wanted to give anyone who specifically didn’t want to see their work there an opportunity to opt out, if they so desired. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/12 "2003-01-09T15:17:41Z")
**Euty** The Teemings is perfectly welcome to my lame attempt at Allan Dean Foster. Does this make me a writer now? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/13 "2003-01-09T18:11:15Z")
Woo hoo! Gandalf-Muad’dib hits the big time! ---
**Author:** ![Fishgoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@Fishgoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fishgoat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/14 "2003-01-09T18:54:59Z")
Go ahead and post my “literary” bits, but please remove the link to the Master and Apprentice Bulwer-Lytton/TPM Slash Challenge. (My posts are on page 10.) Thanks. 🙂 Fishgoat ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/15 "2003-01-09T21:19:01Z")
I’d like to change the title of my entry from “Lord of the Rings, by Ayn Rand” to “Gandalf Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.” That particular missed opportunity has been bugging me for a few weeks, now. ---
**Author:** ![Addisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Addisen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Addisen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/16 "2003-01-09T21:48:49Z")
Oddly enough, I thought a good title for the Ayn Rand book would be “Gollum Shrugged” or “The Enthead”… sadly, I was unable to log into the site in time to peruse said stories, and am at a loss as to where they are in the link above… Any help is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Addisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Addisen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Addisen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/17 "2003-01-09T21:53:10Z")
Oops, found it… never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/18 "2003-01-09T22:00:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*I’d like to change the title of my entry from “Lord of the Rings, by Ayn Rand” to “Gandalf Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.” > > That particular missed opportunity has been bugging me for a few weeks, now. \*\* Believe it or not, I was just in the middle of adding your post when I saw this. Done and done. I’ll be posting what I have done this weekend sometime. It’s going to be a continuing project for a few weeks what with over a thousand posts to go through. Plus, I’m gotten Gaudere to create some banner graphics for us to really dress up the site nicely. If there are any cartoon artists out there (Spoofe?) I have an outrageously evil idea for a cartoon parody, but it HAS to be a cartoon. text won’t work for this. If there is anyone interested in my idea, drop me a line. ---
**Author:** ![InTransit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@InTransit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTransit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/19 "2003-01-09T22:41:23Z")
I guess mine should be called “Hobbit in the Shire” by J.D. Salinger. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367/20 "2003-01-09T23:06:17Z")
**Eutychus** - You’re more than welcome to my small contribution towards the end of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-anyone-who-posted-in-the-if-lotr-had-been-written-thread/147367.md?page=2)