The Power of Nine - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 08-26-2002, 08:41 AM

Welcome to the Downs, Aina! Your post was fine, but I have to disagree, too. Tolkien had a pretty narrow focus when in came to his writing. (I have yet to see any attempts from him of "modern fiction"), and while he did make snap decisions when choosing some of the features of his tales, he was deliberately writing a "mythology", and would have understood the importance of sacred numbers to people of the past.

Can you imagine what an annotated Lord of the Rings would look like? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

08-26-2002, 08:41 AM	#16
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Welcome to the Downs, Aina! Your post was fine, but I have to disagree, too. Tolkien had a pretty narrow focus when in came to his writing. (I have yet to see any attempts from him of "modern fiction"), and while he did make snap decisions when choosing some of the features of his tales, he was deliberately writing a "mythology", and would have understood the importance of sacred numbers to people of the past. Can you imagine what an annotated Lord of the Rings would look like? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]