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tom bombariffic · 10-05-2003, 03:16 AM

Right I'm back.

The book is called "characters from Tolkien" and the cover is purple and white, and it has a sketch of what I presume to be Gandalf on the front.

Anyway, on the Map alone, he has made Numenor just blob-shaped (almost circular, if it werent for its wobbly perimeter) as opposed to star-shaped, with 5 prongy bits. He has also put the shire, gondor, rohan etc. (the area concerned in Lord of the rings - Is there a proper name for it? Cos I thought "Middle Earth" was the whole land mass) much further south than beleriand, when I thought they were supposed to be East of it. I may be wrong, but i dont think I am. Barad-Dur is somewhere out by the sea of Rhun, Lothlorien is between where it should be and where Fangorn should be, and Fangorn isnt even on the map. Mirkwood also comes down almost to where Fangorn should be.

Anyway, I remember a friend of mine pointing out a few more inaccuracies cos he is the atlas-bearer, but i cant see them at the moment.

Bombariffic

10-05-2003, 03:16 AM	#3
tom bombariffic Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In the house of Tom Bombariffic Posts: 196	Right I'm back. The book is called "characters from Tolkien" and the cover is purple and white, and it has a sketch of what I presume to be Gandalf on the front. Anyway, on the Map alone, he has made Numenor just blob-shaped (almost circular, if it werent for its wobbly perimeter) as opposed to star-shaped, with 5 prongy bits. He has also put the shire, gondor, rohan etc. (the area concerned in Lord of the rings - Is there a proper name for it? Cos I thought "Middle Earth" was the whole land mass) much further south than beleriand, when I thought they were supposed to be East of it. I may be wrong, but i dont think I am. Barad-Dur is somewhere out by the sea of Rhun, Lothlorien is between where it should be and where Fangorn should be, and Fangorn isnt even on the map. Mirkwood also comes down almost to where Fangorn should be. Anyway, I remember a friend of mine pointing out a few more inaccuracies cos he is the atlas-bearer, but i cant see them at the moment. Bombariffic __________________ The 'hum' generated by an electric car is not in fact the noise of the engine, but that of the driver's self-righteousness oscillating at a high frequency.