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Forum: The Books 03-18-2018, 02:22 PM
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Posted By Eldy
I think Huinesoron raises a good point. Tolkien's...

I think Huinesoron raises a good point. Tolkien's attempts to make "The Silmarillion" more consistent with LOTR and more plausible in certain ways certainly did not mean removing all of the...
Forum: The Books 03-16-2018, 06:10 PM
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Posted By Eldy
The Silmarillion wasn't finished in the early...

The Silmarillion wasn't finished in the early 1950s, despite Tolkien's attempts to find a publisher interested in. It wasn't finished at the time of his death either, of course, but in the...
Forum: The Books 03-16-2018, 05:41 PM
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Posted By Eldy
On a similar note, Charles Noad put together an...

On a similar note, Charles Noad put together an outline of what The Silmarillion might have looked like had Tolkien finished it in his later life. He explained his reasoning in detail in his essay...
Forum: The Books 03-15-2018, 07:19 PM
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Posted By Eldy
While I wouldn't advise anyone to accept...

While I wouldn't advise anyone to accept everything I say without question, I appreciate your vote of confidence and especially your kind words about my essays; thank you. :)

The 1977 Silmarillion...
Forum: The Books 03-15-2018, 09:30 AM
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Posted By Eldy
Thanks Galin! I saw my Ancalagon essay quoted in...

Thanks Galin! I saw my Ancalagon essay quoted in the OP so I couldn't resist taking a look through the rest of the thread.

(Not John Garth's essay, the other one, obviously. :p)
Forum: The Books 03-14-2018, 09:28 PM
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Posted By Eldy
You're probably thinking of the footnotes to the...

You're probably thinking of the footnotes to the first section of the Annals of Aman in which Christopher comments (note 4): "AV 2 had here (V.110) 'these are the Vanimor, the Beautiful', changed in...
Forum: The Books 03-14-2018, 09:18 PM
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Posted By Eldy
The idea of Maiar did not yet exist at the time...

The idea of Maiar did not yet exist at the time Tolkien wrote the encounter between Gandalf and Durin's Bane. The main text of LOTR was finished by 1949 (and the Moria material was first written much...
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