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Old 12-28-2003, 10:46 PM   #13
The Saucepan Man
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Gollum is a bear to read aloud
Funnily enough, I found him a treat to read aloud when I read The Hobbit to my daughter. You can really go to town with him.

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I'd say it's more because the Wild Men just feel too much like a convenient plot device - it's hard to picture them actually having a coherent society and living their ordinary lives after the whole war is over.
But they do have a long and noble heritage, dating back to the First Age, when they were valued as allies (particularly against Orcs) by the Haladin. They even went to Numenor with the Edain (though they had the sense to leave before Ar-Pharazon's unwise venture to the West). Heck, they even have their own chapter in Unfinished Tales. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I find it hard to dislike "good" characters. But Tom Bombadil comes pretty close. All that "merry dol" stuff does nothing for me. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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