Mountains of Mordor - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 02-03-2002, 12:13 PM

Lindolirian, that bothered me a bit, too. Tolkien's descriptions of place are so detailed and usually dead on, and his maps, too, but Mordor does look a little "box-y", like a fence. (I was just admiring the details he threw in during the crossing of Emyn Muil, last night.)

Any topographers out there who can point out a similar mountain range on earth these days?

02-03-2002, 12:13 PM	#9
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Lindolirian, that bothered me a bit, too. Tolkien's descriptions of place are so detailed and usually dead on, and his maps, too, but Mordor does look a little "box-y", like a fence. (I was just admiring the details he threw in during the crossing of Emyn Muil, last night.) Any topographers out there who can point out a similar mountain range on earth these days?