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Galorme · 12-27-2002, 03:49 AM

You have to remember the sil is not a book as such. It's a compilation of highly compressed synopsises (synopsi?). The single bit of real (or I think deliberate) humour ("They will have need of trees") is not part of the sil tradition, it was inserted from a short story written by JRRT. If he had written the stories in full he would have dotted bits of comic relief like in the LoTR, but maybe not as many. Can any one remember any comedy in the Lays?

12-27-2002, 03:49 AM	#16
Galorme Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: London Posts: 337	You have to remember the sil is not a book as such. It's a compilation of highly compressed synopsises (synopsi?). The single bit of real (or I think deliberate) humour ("They will have need of trees") is not part of the sil tradition, it was inserted from a short story written by JRRT. If he had written the stories in full he would have dotted bits of comic relief like in the LoTR, but maybe not as many. Can any one remember any comedy in the Lays? __________________ Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë! The day has come! Behold people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come!