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Old 07-23-2005, 09:02 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Gorthaur the Cruel
The LOTR is obviously a much more toned down (in terms of power & might) version of the elder days of the Silmarillion. .
"obviously" not to every one. It seems to me that this statement requires a definition or explanation of "power and might", as well as "much more toned down."

There are many readers who would, I suspect, say that LotR is the more powerful piece of writing, the more enchanting form of the perilous realm. Because for many The Silm reads more like an encyclopedia than modern narrative, it is a whiter shade of pale.

I suppose, though, that this is just another version of those "who is the most powerful wack and slasher" in Middle-earth threads. Vive la difference.
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