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**lindil** · 07-23-2003, 04:11 AM

Sharku, thanks indeed for referencing that thread. I missed a classic!

Jallanite left us with a similar one here, although it was originally on the Downs, I am not sure where it lives anymore.

Anyway Obloquy's offering and the following discussion do indeed clear up many questions.

Unfortunately, this whole discussion highlights the bizarre place 'The Hobbit' occupies in the Canon.

It is really as different from LotR and the Later Silm work as is Lost Tales. And really can only be considered in many lights in a sort of semi-canon way.

07-23-2003, 04:11 AM	#8
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Sharku, thanks indeed for referencing that thread. I missed a classic! Jallanite left us with a similar one here, although it was originally on the Downs, I am not sure where it lives anymore. Anyway Obloquy's offering and the following discussion do indeed clear up many questions. Unfortunately, this whole discussion highlights the bizarre place 'The Hobbit' occupies in the Canon. It is really as different from LotR and the Later Silm work as is Lost Tales. And really can only be considered in many lights in a sort of semi-canon way. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.