{"id":5737,"date":"2019-06-15T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T06:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=5737"},"modified":"2019-06-15T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T06:48:58","slug":"tekumel-not-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2019\/06\/15\/tekumel-not-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e9kumel? Not for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you BundleOFHolding for this <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bundleofholding.com\/presents\/Tekumel\">T\u00e9kumel<\/a><\/em> collection. Well, I read something about this <a class=\"result__a\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_the_Petal_Throne\" rel=\"noopener\">Empire of the Petal Throne &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a> and while everyone keep saying that <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammad_Abd-al-Rahman_Barker\">it&#8217;s author<\/a> is &#8220;a forgotten Tolkien&#8221; I don&#8217;t think so. He&#8217;s not a Tolkien. Tolkien had something that Barker chose to discard and it shows in the underlying fabric of his work, something easily spottable even in encyclopedia entries. So it is not my piece of cake. Let&#8217;s be clear: I do not share the underlying ethos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Thank you BundleOFHolding for this T\u00e9kumel collection. Well, I read something about this Empire of the Petal Throne &#8211; Wikipedia and while everyone keep saying that it&#8217;s author is &#8220;a forgotten Tolkien&#8221; I don&#8217;t think so. He&#8217;s not a Tolkien. Tolkien had something that Barker chose to discard and it shows in the underlying fabric&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2019\/06\/15\/tekumel-not-for-me\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-role-play-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-1ux","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13015,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2025\/04\/16\/disney-and-tolkien\/","url_meta":{"origin":5737,"position":0},"title":"Disney and Tolkien","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2025-04-16","format":false,"excerpt":"Why Tolkien hated Disney\u2026 theculturist on instagram.com That's a very interesting point of view!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ethics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ethics","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/category\/ethics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/theculturist__-20250330_215632-3057222291.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/theculturist__-20250330_215632-3057222291.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/theculturist__-20250330_215632-3057222291.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/theculturist__-20250330_215632-3057222291.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/theculturist__-20250330_215632-3057222291.webp?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/theculturist__-20250330_215632-3057222291.webp?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6145,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2019\/10\/03\/tolkiens-middle-earth-mapped-to-europe-the-k2p-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":5737,"position":1},"title":"Tolkien\u2019s Middle Earth mapped to Europe | The k2p blog","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2019-10-03","format":false,"excerpt":"Here he superimposes Middle Earth onto a Europe at a time when sea levels (in my estimation) were more than 100m lower than they are today. Source: Tolkien\u2019s Middle Earth mapped to Europe | The k2p blog Tolkien\u2019s Middle Earth mapped to\u00a0Europe Some 45 years ago when I first read\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Role Play Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Role Play Games","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/category\/games\/role-play-games\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/middle-earth-by-peter-bird-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7304,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2020\/06\/03\/ardalambion\/","url_meta":{"origin":5737,"position":2},"title":"Ardalambion","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2020-06-03","format":false,"excerpt":"Ardalambion of the Tongues of Arda, the invented world of J.R.R. 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L'ho scoperto qui https:\/\/cronachedelgattosulfuoco.altervista.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/lallineamento-di-poul-anderson-non-solo-tolkien\/?doing_wp_cron=1511734713.7231709957122802734375#comment-976 \u00a0 E forse \u00e8 il caso che mi iscriva a GoodReads.com...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fun&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fun","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/category\/fun\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10508,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2023\/06\/10\/le-carte-magic-su-tolkien-e-la-ridefinizione-dellimmaginario\/","url_meta":{"origin":5737,"position":5},"title":"Le carte Magic su Tolkien e la ridefinizione dell&#8217;immaginario","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2023-06-10","format":false,"excerpt":"Molto assennato Paolo Nardi in questo video. Mi piace la ferma pacatezza con cui espone le sue tesi sulle quali concordo pienamente. 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