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Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 · 01-11-2004, 07:05 AM

Yeah, I heard that it was about 6000 years ago and we are in something like the 7th Age because they began to pass more quickly. But he wrote the Hobbit as a separate kind of thing and later decided to encorporate it into his legendarium, so he regretted putting in some of the things he did- like calling that stone troll 'William' for instance. As for all these odd food references- who cares? It hardly knocks the rest of the story out of sync, and hey, it's up to him anyway... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

01-11-2004, 07:05 AM	#4
Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Up a tree somewhere in Caras Galadhon...or England Posts: 364	Yeah, I heard that it was about 6000 years ago and we are in something like the 7th Age because they began to pass more quickly. But he wrote the Hobbit as a separate kind of thing and later decided to encorporate it into his legendarium, so he regretted putting in some of the things he did- like calling that stone troll 'William' for instance. As for all these odd food references- who cares? It hardly knocks the rest of the story out of sync, and hey, it's up to him anyway... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ '"Forweg can lead you no longer; for he is dead...I slew him...I will govern this fellowship now, or leave it." "As it was when he joined us, so it is again. He kills to make room."'