Tolkien's Battles - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Baran · 07-17-2002, 06:58 AM

Tolkiens battlescenes are good. They are not the best I have read, but they are realistic. Tolkien had clearly some knowledge on this field. But the formations and tecniques used in Toliens battles are quite "old fasioned", belong around 1000 a.c. The people of Middle-Earth should clearly have more advanced fighting as they had used the same weapons for thousands of years.

I don't know if the swedish writer Jan Gulio's last books have been translated to English, if they have, check them out!

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07-17-2002, 06:58 AM	#6
Baran Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Mordor/Lothlorien Posts: 71	Tolkiens battlescenes are good. They are not the best I have read, but they are realistic. Tolkien had clearly some knowledge on this field. But the formations and tecniques used in Toliens battles are quite "old fasioned", belong around 1000 a.c. The people of Middle-Earth should clearly have more advanced fighting as they had used the same weapons for thousands of years. I don't know if the swedish writer Jan Gulio's last books have been translated to English, if they have, check them out!