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Forum: The Books
09-20-2021, 08:40 AM
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William Cloud Hicklin
All his life, Tolkien was prone to making...
All his life, Tolkien was prone to making "fencepost errors" or what IT types call "off-by-one" errors. They plagued his work on the Lord of the Rings' chronology. This is another example. |
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Forum: The Books
09-17-2021, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
Yes, it all still works. Tolkien had covered...
Yes, it all still works. Tolkien had covered most of his bases with Thingol's Edict and the Noldor adopting Sindarin for everyday speech. The invocation of Varda Tintalle, by any name, still marks... |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2021, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
A puzzle.
In another late text, Of Dwarves...
A puzzle. In another late text, Of Dwarves and Men, Tolkien contrasts the "High Eldar" of Valinor with the Eldar of Middle-earth; I'm not sure that that distinction appears elsewhere. It also... |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2021, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
Except that in this very quote he wrote "the High...
Except that in this very quote he wrote "the High Elves, the Eldar." Which if anything is a new use of "High Elves," which in all other cases I can think of is restricted to the Calaquendi, the "High... |
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Forum: The Books
09-12-2021, 06:03 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
Interesting, given that by this time he had long...
Interesting, given that by this time he had long determined that the Nandor were indeed Eldar. |
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2021, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
Let's rephrase that: was not at all traveled as...
Let's rephrase that: was not at all traveled as an adult, that is after his war service in France. He only got a passport in 1949, needing it to go to Dublin as an examiner. He never again left the... |
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2021, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
Nicotiana has flowering variants which are common...
Nicotiana has flowering variants which are common garden plants, and it is said that it grew wild in Gondor, having been brought from Numenor for its fragrant flowers (it is not any sort of... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2021, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
It also says that both were gathered by hand, and...
It also says that both were gathered by hand, and no metal tools were used in the process. You can't do this with maize, trust me; those stalks are brutally thick. And the "haulm" or leftover stalks... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2021, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
While the essay "On Lembas" in HME XII is earlier...
While the essay "On Lembas" in HME XII is earlier than these, sometime in the 1950s, (I am inclined to later rather than earlier, with or after the later part of the Narn), nothing in it contradicts... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2021, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
Nah, wheat (explicitly). Don't be fooled by UK...
Nah, wheat (explicitly). Don't be fooled by UK usage "corn" = "any grain" I can testify that ca. 1969 Britons simply didn't eat maize/sweet corn - except those who had lived among Americans. |
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Forum: The Books
09-05-2021, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
also, that Ingwe was Imin's great-grandson. And...
also, that Ingwe was Imin's great-grandson. And confirmation that Aragorn, Denethor, Boromir and Faramir were all genetically beardless. (Take that, Viggo's designer scruff!) |
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Forum: The Books
09-05-2021, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
All right: just to disturb the 'canonicity'...
All right: just to disturb the 'canonicity' applecart further: Gil-galad's name, in very late (ca 1969) writing, was Finwain. Which raises new questions about his parentage. Another: the Great... |
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Forum: The Books
09-04-2021, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
There is some truly amazing stuff in here. No...
There is some truly amazing stuff in here. No detailed comments yet, lest SPOILERS |
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Forum: The Books
12-30-2020, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
From the publisher's blurb:
And a statement...
From the publisher's blurb: And a statement by Carl H: Note: The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor was frequently referenced by CT in HME; title notwithstanding, it's less about the... |
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Forum: The Books
12-29-2020, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
This is all new material, not a repackaging. As...
This is all new material, not a repackaging. As CT said when HME XII came out, "The well is not quite dry. But I have gone on for long enough." |
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Forum: The Books
06-26-2020, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
Here's a taste:
[Tolkien] began with linear...
Here's a taste: [Tolkien] began with linear time-schemes, that is, listing all of each day’s events in a single sequence. As the story grew in narrative complexity, however, these proved... |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2020, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
During the later part of the writing of The Lord...
During the later part of the writing of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien found that in order to keep all of his characters' movements synchronized - always with scrupuolus care to travel distances - he... |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2020, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
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William Cloud Hicklin
To which perhaps could be added The Chronology of...
To which perhaps could be added The Chronology of the Lord of the Rings, hopefully to appear in Tolkien Studies before long. |
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Forum: The Books
06-22-2020, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 34,372
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
New Tolkien book coming!
As in, actually by JRR Tolkien, not just about him. The Nature of Middle-earth is a collection of late writings, in both the metaphysical and literal senses of the title: Tolkien's musings on the... |
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