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Forum: The Books
10-17-2003, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,195
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Here's the quote that Olorin_TLA is referring to...Here's the quote that Olorin_TLA is referring to (from Myths Transformed in Morgoth's Ring): It's not clear why Sauron would tell the Witch-King or the Mouth about the Istari's true nature.... |
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Forum: The Books
10-14-2003, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 7,629
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I looked up the chronology again ...I looked up the chronology again smilies/smile.gif The conjectured date of Deagol finding the One Ring, TA 2463, is three years after Sauron's return to Dol Guldor, ending the Watchful Peace. Also,... |
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Forum: The Books
10-13-2003, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 7,629
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In "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin" in the...In "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin" in the Unfinished Tales Ulmo says the following to Tuor regarding his role in the affairs of Middle-earth and his relationship to the other Valar As... |
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Forum: The Books
10-07-2003, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,801
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Child, thanks for pointing out CT's comment on...Child, thanks for pointing out CT's comment on this passage! I worded the last part a little carelessly! The casting out of Morgoth the incarnated being was accomplished without Eru's... |
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Forum: The Books
10-06-2003, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,801
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Finrod, Andreth, and the coming of EruThere's a very curious passage in Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth (Morgoth's Ring: HoME X) in which Tolkien appears to be giving Middle Earth a much more explicitly Christian outlook than he seems to at... |
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Forum: The Books
09-25-2003, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,527
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Although he wasn't strictly part of the...Although he wasn't strictly part of the Fellowship, I kind of wonder what Bilbo did in Valinor. After spending all those years in Rivendell translating the tales of the First Age, it would have been... |
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Forum: The Books
09-16-2003, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,601
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Well, Morgoth certainly would have done so, but I...Well, Morgoth certainly would have done so, but I doubt that Sauron would have, if he had enough menial grunt work to keep the Orcs busy (I mean, you can always have them build an even more... |
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Forum: The Books
09-14-2003, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,601
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Sharku, you beat me in posting. ...Sharku, you beat me in posting. smilies/smile.gif At the risk of being redundent, I'm reiterating some of your quote..I agree with what you said. I think that by the Third Age Sauron's goal was... |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2003, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 13,989
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going back a way in this thread, on the...going back a way in this thread, on the distinction between the two elvish words which translate as hope, here is another conversation from Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth so estel essentially... |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2003, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 7,438
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"Teeth...but we has only six, precioussss!"
..."Teeth...but we has only six, precioussss!" Tolkien does mention the subject in at least this instance. |
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Forum: The Books
07-11-2003, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 123
Views: 36,146
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Amarië, it think that partly depends on how one...Amarië, it think that partly depends on how one interprets "blame". If one means that Manwë is "blameless" because he has not knowingly done anything wrong, that is certainly true. He does, however,... |
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Forum: The Books
07-09-2003, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 18,934
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Another possibility on the Silmaril/Arkenstone...Another possibility on the Silmaril/Arkenstone issue is the following: The Arkenstone might not itself be a silmaril, but it might have formed and crystallized under the earth, in close proximity to... |
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Forum: The Books
07-06-2003, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 123
Views: 36,146
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Actually Fëanor's rashness provided a solution...Actually Fëanor's rashness provided a solution for the otherwise impossible dilemma in which the Valar found themselves. The following quote is from the "Myths Transformed" section of HoME X:... |
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Forum: The Books
03-16-2003, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,097
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Tolkien says so in the UT, referring to...Tolkien says so in the UT, referring to Denethor's and Saruman's use of the Palantiri: |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
03-16-2003, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,909
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Iarwain, if Tolkien were of a mind to title the...Iarwain, if Tolkien were of a mind to title the trilogy after your namesake, maybe a more descriptive title would be in order. After all, he didn't just name it Sauron. My suggestion is from... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
03-06-2003, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 15,035
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Regarding to what extent Galadriel's power is due...Regarding to what extent Galadriel's power is due to her possessing Nenya, and to what extent it is Galadriel herself... When Galadriel threw down the walls of Dol Guldor, recall that this was... |
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Forum: The Books
02-26-2003, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 97
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Here's a linguistic pun regarding Eowyn that...Here's a linguistic pun regarding Eowyn that Tolkien didn't intend (but ended up with anyway. This has to do with the more recent (some 50 years after LOTR was written) feminist spelling of 'women'... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2003, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 13,051
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Thráin simply gave Gandalf the map and key,...Thráin simply gave Gandalf the map and key, without Gandalf having any idea of what they were or who Thráin was. Then it dawns on Gandalf 90 years later when he is talking to Thorin: Hmmm,... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2003, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,523
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Hail and well met, Dain, fellow Aulendil. I am a...Hail and well met, Dain, fellow Aulendil. I am a physicist also, at least by education, although I have gone off in some slightly different directions since then. I should explain my login... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2003, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 15,636
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Of course, if one takes the opposite view that...
Of course, if one takes the opposite view that chocolate was not native to M-E but only to Valinor (and to the lands to the West on the non-straight path after the Alkallabeth, it provides some... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2003, 02:00 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,523
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UT "The Istari"
But in any event, Saruman...UT "The Istari" But in any event, Saruman was the only Istar associated with Aulë, and the only one (as far as we know) who caused serious problems. |
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Forum: The Books
02-22-2003, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,523
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Aulë = trouble!What is it about Aulë that seems to get himself and people associated with him into trouble? Consider that following: --Aulë himself nearly had a falling out with Eru a la Melkor when he... |
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Forum: The Books
02-22-2003, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 13,051
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Actually Thrain did speak of the Ring, but did...Actually Thrain did speak of the Ring, but did not tell Gandalf who he was (The Quest of Erebor in UT) It's not clear that Gandalf ever spoke to Thorin about Thráin's ring. The Quest of Erebor... |
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Forum: The Books
02-18-2003, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,925
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in reply to Adanadhel's question: the quote is...in reply to Adanadhel's question: the quote is right at the beginning (about the 3rd page) of the History of Galadriel and Celeborn section of UT (p. 241 of my book). I think that's a really neat... |
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Forum: The Books
02-18-2003, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,890
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See how the following rewrite of the description...See how the following rewrite of the description of the summit of Meneltarma in Númenor sounds to you: No bird ever came there, save only turkeys. If anyone approached the summit, at once three... |
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