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haltred · 07-25-2004, 04:43 PM

[B]CS Lewis interesting. I would think that Gandalf came from JRRT's knowledge of the Merlin/ Arthur stories. Lewis was not a fan of the LOTR but he was one of the first people to hear it at the pub that he and Tolkien etc frequented.

07-25-2004, 04:43 PM	#14
haltred Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 20	[B]CS Lewis interesting. I would think that Gandalf came from JRRT's knowledge of the Merlin/ Arthur stories. Lewis was not a fan of the LOTR but he was one of the first people to hear it at the pub that he and Tolkien etc frequented. __________________ In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit