Hilary Tolkien? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 04-29-2002, 06:09 AM

Thanks, Child!

For 3 months I kept seeing that man's name every time I came to the Downs, and I finally got curious enough to look him up: nothing!

After childhood, he just seems to have dropped out of the Tolkien radar. I just wondered if he followed his older brother into academia, or what path he chose. Did he read early drafts of his brother's books, or think them so much "pish-posh".

Hmmmmm...wonder if any characters in LoTR or The Hobbit are based on a pesky younger brother? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

04-29-2002, 06:09 AM	#1
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Thanks, Child! For 3 months I kept seeing that man's name every time I came to the Downs, and I finally got curious enough to look him up: nothing! After childhood, he just seems to have dropped out of the Tolkien radar. I just wondered if he followed his older brother into academia, or what path he chose. Did he read early drafts of his brother's books, or think them so much "pish-posh". Hmmmmm...wonder if any characters in LoTR or The Hobbit are based on a pesky younger brother? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]