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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Who knows their trolls?
It's cool to have a fresh perspective in the thread. So far, I've held that all trolls other than Olog-hai, per Appendix F, are sun-susceptible. By inference, this means that most of the trolls that are encountered in the War of the Ring are Olog-hai, since we see some in daylight action and must assume that others marched for days to reach distant battle-fields. Ron pulled out a Silma reference to try to show that there were First Age sun-resistant trolls. I took exception, and that's where the end of the thread comes from.
Thanks for the tip re: Aragorn... I'll have to check that out.
The letter you mention, as I recall, goes more to the question of can evil create? and so on -- already shaky ground. Do you know the date of it? Since it's quoted in Morgoth's Ring, I sense that the letter was coming at a time when JRRT was being forced to examine the underpinnings of the mythology and was considering some major upheavals. Hence, I'd be wary of using it as a "clincher" for an argument when something like the Appendix F ref went through the editorial mill and the letter was just... well, a letter to some guy. Nevertheless, I would like to read it over again, since you bring it up. I don't have the funds to spring for "Letters" right now. I can "visit" it at the book store, but if you had an easy way to send it to me at hand, that would be even better.
I'm working through the article, but alas, other responsibilities and lack of access to a complete HoME reference library have limited my progress.
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