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Forum: The Books
01-03-2007, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
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Alcuin
tp, you have also overlooked the obvious in...
tp, you have also overlooked the obvious in Tolkien’s narrative problem documented by Christopher Tolkien in War of the Ring. The dangling rope was a means not only for Gollum to more easily follow... |
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Forum: The Books
01-03-2007, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
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Alcuin
The argument that there was an Entwife at the top...
The argument that there was an Entwife at the top of the cliff in the Emyn Muil is, as far as I can determine, the only time an Entwife might have appeared in the text. For reference, however,... |
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Forum: The Books
01-03-2007, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
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Alcuin
We cross-posted.
I did not consider Haldir...
We cross-posted. I did not consider Haldir and crossing the Silverlode, but I think I have already addressed the “magical’ rope and its coming undone. |
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Forum: The Books
01-03-2007, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
Posted By
Alcuin
Ok, I’ll start with the tree on the cliff top in...
Ok, I’ll start with the tree on the cliff top in the Emyn Muil. I posted most of this before at Minas Tirith.... |
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Forum: The Books
01-03-2007, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
Posted By
Alcuin
Well, that leaves me to ask the Irishman’s...
Well, that leaves me to ask the Irishman’s question upon entering a pub and encountering two men brawling at the bar: “Is this a private fight, or can anybody join in?” |
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Forum: The Books
01-02-2007, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
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Alcuin
Forgive me, but I am confused. Would you please...
Forgive me, but I am confused. Would you please explain to me why that event is more “inconsistent with something that happens in the second half of FOTR and information we know from FOTR and TTT”... |
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Forum: The Books
12-31-2006, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,366
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Alcuin
Sauron figured out where the Three Rings were...
Sauron figured out where the Three Rings were first bestowed. Consider this passage from Unfinished Tales, “The History of Galadriel and Celeborn”, “Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn”: Celebrimbor... |
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Forum: The Books
12-31-2006, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,578
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Alcuin
Boromir88, thank you for your kind words.
I...
Boromir88, thank you for your kind words. I think that Arvedui, Fíriel, Araphant, and the rest of the Council of Arthedain were on solid legal ground. They probably checked and rechecked their... |
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Forum: The Books
12-30-2006, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
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Alcuin
phantom, please, if you know something, say it,...
phantom, please, if you know something, say it, cite it, put it forward. I am relatively new to Barrow-downs, but I have seen this before in several threads. If it is there, then tell us where, and... |
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Forum: The Books
12-30-2006, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,578
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Alcuin
Aranarth’s descendents never relinquished their...
Aranarth’s descendents never relinquished their claim on the throne of Gondor. Even as Chieftains of the Dúnedain of the North, they technically maintained their claim on the throne; but until... |
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Forum: The Books
12-25-2006, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,678
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Alcuin
I believe Nogrod was destroyed in the War of...
I believe Nogrod was destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, in which Beleriand was broken and sank below the waves. If you line up the maps, you will see that a huge hole was... |
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Forum: The Books
11-19-2006, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,300
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Alcuin
Christopher Tolkien speculates in Return of the...
Christopher Tolkien speculates in Return of the Shadow, “Ancient History”, that this passage in FotR “Shadow of the Past” might be a foreshadowing of the ents of Two Towers, but he also notes that... |
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Forum: The Books
11-17-2006, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,157
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Alcuin
I think that before the White Council meeting in...
I think that before the White Council meeting in III 2851, Saruman may already have begun to smoke. I cannot prove that, but it is a mark of smokers temporarily deprived of tobacco that they become... |
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Forum: The Books
11-17-2006, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 12,226
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Alcuin
Return of the King, “Appendix B”, just before the...
Return of the King, “Appendix B”, just before the Tale of Years of the Third Age, there is a passage discussing the Istari which states that This passage is cited in Unfinished Tales in the essay... |
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Forum: The Books
11-08-2006, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 16,461
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Alcuin
The Tolkien Estate has its own website,...
The Tolkien Estate has its own website, http://tolkienestate.com/. It is registered to Adam Tolkien, grandson of JRR Tolkien and son of Christopher Tolkien, and is currently under construction, but... |
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Forum: The Books
11-03-2006, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 31,294
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Alcuin
Hiding in tombs is a last-ditch, desperate act. ...
Hiding in tombs is a last-ditch, desperate act. It definitely isn’t a desecration by Christian standards: the during the persecutions of the Roman emperors before Constantine, Christians were famous... |
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Forum: The Books
11-02-2006, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 31,294
Posted By
Alcuin
I don’t doubt that any of this would be correct...
I don’t doubt that any of this would be correct if the forces of Angmar were given time to pursue those goals. I just don’t think that the sparse information that we are given concerning these... |
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Forum: The Books
11-02-2006, 02:20 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 16,722
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Alcuin
The green light in the barrow serves two...
The green light in the barrow serves two purposes. The barrow, of course, is naturally dark, like the inside of a cave – or a cow. There are no torches, the tomb is sealed (how the barrow-wight... |
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Forum: The Books
11-01-2006, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 31,294
Posted By
Alcuin
Maybe you’re right, Raynor, but your alternative...
Maybe you’re right, Raynor, but your alternative is that the Dúnedain fortifications in the barrow-downs and their defenders survived the assault of Angmar and its troops. If that was the case, why... |
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Forum: The Books
11-01-2006, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 31,294
Posted By
Alcuin
I see your point, Raynor, but I am still inclined...
I see your point, Raynor, but I am still inclined to believe that the Dúnedain were driven to the barrows, which were natural defensive positions because of their partially buried positions, their... |
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Forum: The Books
11-01-2006, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 31,294
Posted By
Alcuin
Thank you, Raynor. I look forward to...
Thank you, Raynor. I look forward to participating with you and so many other excellent denizens of the Barrow-Downs. I suspect that hiding in the barrows was a necessity of life-or-death. In... |
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Forum: The Books
11-01-2006, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 31,294
Posted By
Alcuin
Although no mention is made of it so that it...
Although no mention is made of it so that it might have been left behind in Arnor or Rivendell, it is quite possible that Elendil wore the Ring of Barahir to Mordor, and that Isildur took it along... |
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