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Forum: The Books 01-07-2007, 10:16 PM
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Posted By Alcuin
I have often wondered if this is what became not...

I have often wondered if this is what became not of the Entwives, but of some of their offspring, warped by Sauron. RotK, “Appendix F”, “Of Other Races”

In Morgoth’s Ring, “Myths Transformed”,...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2007, 04:51 PM
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Posted By Alcuin
Sardy, there are certainly instances of “inside...

Sardy, there are certainly instances of “inside humor” in Tolkien’s work. The character Tom Bombadil, whose creation predates Lord of the Rings by several years, having first appeared in poetry by...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2007, 01:21 PM
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Posted By Alcuin
tp, you have also overlooked the obvious in...

tp, you have also overlooked the obvious in Tolkien’s narrative problem documented by Christopher Tolkien in War of the Ring. The dangling rope was a means not only for Gollum to more easily follow...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2007, 01:06 PM
Replies: 152
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Posted By Alcuin
The argument that there was an Entwife at the top...

The argument that there was an Entwife at the top of the cliff in the Emyn Muil is, as far as I can determine, the only time an Entwife might have appeared in the text.

For reference, however,...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2007, 12:36 PM
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Posted By Alcuin
We cross-posted. I did not consider Haldir...

We cross-posted.

I did not consider Haldir and crossing the Silverlode, but I think I have already addressed the “magical’ rope and its coming undone.
Forum: The Books 01-03-2007, 12:29 PM
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Posted By Alcuin
Ok, I’ll start with the tree on the cliff top in...

Ok, I’ll start with the tree on the cliff top in the Emyn Muil. I posted most of this before at Minas Tirith....
Forum: The Books 01-03-2007, 11:10 AM
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Posted By Alcuin
Well, that leaves me to ask the Irishman’s...

Well, that leaves me to ask the Irishman’s question upon entering a pub and encountering two men brawling at the bar: “Is this a private fight, or can anybody join in?”
Forum: The Books 01-02-2007, 01:18 PM
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Posted By Alcuin
Forgive me, but I am confused. Would you please...

Forgive me, but I am confused. Would you please explain to me why that event is more “inconsistent with something that happens in the second half of FOTR and information we know from FOTR and TTT”...
Forum: The Books 12-30-2006, 08:29 PM
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Posted By Alcuin
phantom, please, if you know something, say it,...

phantom, please, if you know something, say it, cite it, put it forward. I am relatively new to Barrow-downs, but I have seen this before in several threads. If it is there, then tell us where, and...
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