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Forum: The Books
10-16-2023, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 68
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William Cloud Hicklin
I would say, rather, couldn't do it. Tolkien the...
I would say, rather, couldn't do it. Tolkien the nitpicking perfectionist would definitely revise, often to a fanatical extent, to make things consistent; but catching every detail in that massive... |
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Forum: The Books
10-13-2023, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Well, it was a fixed data-point that Frodo...
Well, it was a fixed data-point that Frodo observed the full moon setting over the Forbidden Pool, and at least as early as Time-scheme S this was the full moon of February 6 (RW Feb 1). With S2 and... |
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Forum: The Books
10-10-2023, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Concur. The document reads very clearly "Gondor"...
Concur. The document reads very clearly "Gondor" not "Edoras," which can only be a slip in what was a very hastily jotted note. Since the subject is "Errand-riders" and he used the preposition... |
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Forum: The Books
08-12-2023, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
It's nothing more concrete than just a feeling. ...
It's nothing more concrete than just a feeling. Like most people's, Tolkien's handwriting changed over time, moving from one variety of awful to another, and the penciled scrawl on the back of the... |
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Forum: The Books
08-11-2023, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
I'm pretty certain the reference is to Annatar,...
I'm pretty certain the reference is to Annatar, even though "Moria" is anachronistic (but then , it's on the gate inscription!). Not just the mentions of Celebrimbor and Narvi, but the idea that... |
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Forum: The Books
06-23-2023, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
No, I don't have a website, not even a Facebook...
No, I don't have a website, not even a Facebook page; but TS it seems will be publishing the list. |
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Forum: The Books
06-17-2023, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Errata list
ERRATA Chronology of the Lord of the Rings, TS 19 Supp. p. 40, January: there should be a closing square bracket after “they go by winding ways.” p. 50, Feb 20, Company: “their camp on the... |
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Forum: The Books
10-21-2022, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
It's one of Tolkien's cooler diagrams (even if he...
It's one of Tolkien's cooler diagrams (even if he later rejected the whole idea) |
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Forum: The Books
10-20-2022, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Thanks- but it isn't just a sneak peek, copies...
Thanks- but it isn't just a sneak peek, copies are now shipping. |
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Forum: The Books
08-19-2022, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
I will be hosting a Reddit "Ask Me Anything"...
I will be hosting a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" about the Chronology on the subreddit /r/tolkienfans next Wednesday, August 24, between 12 noon and 2 p.m. EDT (UTC-4). Any questions you have about... |
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Forum: The Books
08-13-2022, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Folder 19 is a fascinating miscellany, into which...
Folder 19 is a fascinating miscellany, into which (presumably) Christopher put everything related to distance or measurement which didn't seem to fit with anything else. It includes inter alia... |
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Forum: The Books
08-12-2022, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
The left-hand column, of "modern" dates, was...
The left-hand column, of "modern" dates, was added later in pencil after the SR dates had been corrected and changed, so I think 8 and 9 are out of the conversation here. The original date entry for... |
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Forum: The Books
08-11-2022, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Oh, yes, the asterisks. Tolkien mostly used them...
Oh, yes, the asterisks. Tolkien mostly used them to denote important dates: Frodo's wounding at Weathertop, the Council of Elrond, the Breaking of the Fellowship, Helm's Deep, the fall of Sauron... |
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Forum: The Books
08-11-2022, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
p. 138: It's 11.20, almost definitely. It's...
p. 138: It's 11.20, almost definitely. It's possible to read the digit as a 3, but I'm pretty sure it's a 2. 68 vs 69 miles: Again, 9 is possible but I'm pretty sure it's an 8. The "69" may be a... |
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Forum: The Books
08-11-2022, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
p. 36 Glorfindel Oct 9/10. I am pretty sure I...
p. 36 Glorfindel Oct 9/10. I am pretty sure I have it correct here, although it is easy to see how H&S could have interpreted the manuscript as associating the Glorfindel line with the 9th. p.46... |
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Forum: The Books
08-11-2022, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Zionius, thank you for such a detailed reading!...
Zionius, thank you for such a detailed reading! It's very nice to know people are paying attention. I'll try to address your points in order 1) the "quotation marks" on p. 76 are ditto marks;... |
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Forum: The Books
07-31-2022, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's just about officially here
On the Project Muse website, where you can pre-order the e-version (available in ca. 2 weeks), and read brief excerpts: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/48264 Hard copies from Duke University... |
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Forum: The Books
03-19-2022, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
What's interesting about those slips (there are 3...
What's interesting about those slips (there are 3 of them) is that they represent the backs of "City of Oxford Air Raid Precautions Warden's Report Forms"- and in his letter to Christopher he... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2022, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Provisional date
FWIW, after various COVID and supply-chain related delays, the provisional publication date is now mid-August |
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Forum: The Books
02-14-2022, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
After a couple of false starts, the conversion...
After a couple of false starts, the conversion Tolkien wound up making was March 1 = March 1, with the rest of the calendar extended before and after that pivot-point or fulcrum. In other words, if... |
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Forum: The Books
02-13-2022, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Except that it isn't that easy; and if one...
Except that it isn't that easy; and if one attempts the conversion you describe you can't get from his original Gregorian dates to the finished SR dates. |
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Forum: The Books
11-25-2021, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Now that it's officially public, I can talk about...
Now that it's officially public, I can talk about what's in it in a bit more detail. This is the third and last of the 'synoptic' time-schemes Tolkien made, in other words using parallel columns to ... |
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Forum: The Books
11-25-2021, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Yes. it's happening. Although not until springtime
Yes. it's happening. Although not until springtime |
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Forum: The Books
08-29-2021, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
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William Cloud Hicklin
Not a book, but rather longish to be an article. ...
Not a book, but rather longish to be an article. In fiction terms it might be a novella. I really can't tell how many pages in TS' rather small format it might take up, nor how much prefatory... |
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Forum: The Books
06-05-2021, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 24,901
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Yes, that was the system he used consistently for...
Yes, that was the system he used consistently for most of the book, starting I believe at the time he wrote the episode in 'The Great River' where Sam is puzzled by the new moon and the passage of... |
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