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Hungry Ghoul
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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Tolkien's Knowlege Of Constellations
Tolkien's special awareness of details is what adds a great and mostly unrivalled depth to his works, and LOTR in particular.
Constellations, keeping an eye on the correct waning and waxing of the moon, researching how to stew coneys... few authors did or do that.
'Who travels widely needs his wits about him / The stupid should stay offline'</p>