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Forum: The Books 07-24-2012, 10:20 AM
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Posted By littlemanpoet
And maybe Sauron's control of Denethor's viewing...

And maybe Sauron's control of Denethor's viewing amounts to "Only let him view my strongholds, my places of power, my actions that make it look bad for Gondor." Certainly don't show any weaknesses. ...
Forum: The Books 07-24-2012, 08:15 AM
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Posted By littlemanpoet
Well done Belegorn. This quote - from LotR -...

Well done Belegorn. This quote - from LotR - raises my issue back up again. As much as Tolkien may have tried to cover his tracks, have we a hole in the plot here? Or is there a...
Forum: The Books 07-17-2012, 06:17 PM
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Posted By littlemanpoet
What got me going in the first place is...

What got me going in the first place is apparently an error by Tom Shippey in J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, toward the end of his chapter on the mythic dimension, where he says, So...
Forum: The Books 07-17-2012, 08:11 AM
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Posted By littlemanpoet
You have it right, Inziladun. Nice work. I...

You have it right, Inziladun. Nice work. I never seem to have my books with me when I get online. :rolleyes: So thanks.

So it appears (if I may use language so suggestive) that Tolkien covered...
Forum: The Books 07-16-2012, 04:30 PM
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Posted By littlemanpoet
Did Denethor see in the Palantir that Frodo was captured?

It was pointed out in a book I'm reading that Denethor says something very suggestive that he "knew" that the Ring had fallen into enemy hands, and this was the reason for his despair.
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