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Evenstar1 · 06-13-2002, 09:26 PM

My impression from the quote (I don't have the book handy to reference that section right now) is that JRRT was referring to a cannon-like object: "a blasting fire" being Tolkien's way of saying "firepower," as in "artillery." (That makes more sense to me, given Tolkien's periphery of World Wars I & II.)

06-13-2002, 09:26 PM	#4
Evenstar1 Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colorado (just east of the Misty Mts.) Posts: 111	My impression from the quote (I don't have the book handy to reference that section right now) is that JRRT was referring to a cannon-like object: "a blasting fire" being Tolkien's way of saying "firepower," as in "artillery." (That makes more sense to me, given Tolkien's periphery of World Wars I & II.) __________________ - Eve