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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
04-18-2011, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 21,300
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Animalmother
Ringwraith puzzlementI have no astute insights on "A Knife in the Dark" to make, but only a blunt question: How were five dreaded ringwraiths unable or unwilling to overwhelm Strider/Aragorn and four unmartial, puny... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-27-2011, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 22,646
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Animalmother
Soft on OrcsLet a few thousand fantasy years pass, and everybody becomes soft on orcs. Tolkien was not soft on orcs. His heroes Legolas and Gimli much resemble Mukai and Noda, the two Japanese officers in... |
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Forum: The Books
03-21-2011, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 30,486
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Animalmother
Orc Aristocrats
Given Melkor/Morgoth's evil proclivity as a sub-creator, the polygenesis hypothesis of orc origins makes most sense. He enjoyed twisting and ruining beings, so why would he limit himself to elves as... |
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Forum: The Books
08-13-2010, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 30,486
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Animalmother
Hobbit kin as Orc ancestorsTreebeard identified Merry and Pippin as orcs. As were hobbits, most orcs were subterranean creatures small of stature. As were hobbits, they originated in the Misty Mountains region. In THE... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
04-27-2008, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 22,646
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Animalmother
Orc physiologyThe black blood of the orcs could signify that it was extraordinarily rich in hemoglobin. This is a hint that orcs were bred in high altitudes, and might also explain their powers of endurance in... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
04-26-2008, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 22,646
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Animalmother
Orc Genealogy
As Morgoth could only ruin, but could not independently create, orcs must be a sort of unnaturally selected type of genus Homo. The gestation periods of elves and dwarves were too long for those... |
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Forum: The Books
04-17-2008, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 11,067
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Animalmother
Correction
Correction to above post: "Hunk," not Hickory, was the name of the hand on little Dorothy's farm. He is transformed in her dream into the Scarecrow in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." |
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Forum: The Books
04-17-2008, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 11,067
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Animalmother
Saruman, Pinko
Hickory, the Straw Man in L. Frank Baum's allegory, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," is crying "ouch" as Animalmother's respondent's beat him. When quoting the Master's Foreword to LOTR on... |
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Forum: The Books
04-17-2008, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 11,067
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Animalmother
Saruman, Progressive Politician
Saruman's rhetoric and actions are those of a modern leftist progressive politician. As such, Saruman connects with us moderns. Gandalf, who is a defender of tradition with a rigid view of absolute... |
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Forum: The Books
01-29-2007, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,950
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Animalmother
How many Huorns ?
How many Huorns were there at the Deeping Coomb, and perhaps other places? Tolkien tells us there were about forty-nine ents at the entmoot in Fangorn before the storming and drowning of... |
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Forum: The Books
01-26-2007, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 11,067
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Animalmother
Gandalf's White LiesGandalf had several days before the Council of Elrond in which to confide to Elrond, the other High Elves, and Aragorn an accurate account of the words and mind of Saruman, without fear that any of... |
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Forum: The Books
01-25-2007, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,081
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Animalmother
Gondor's CallBoromir may be speaking not just about whole regions and peoples once allied to Gondor, but also broadly about small parties of gentlemen adventurers who once came to Gondor's aid, who do so no... |
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Forum: The Books
01-25-2007, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 11,067
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Animalmother
Of Uruk-hai and Lying WizardsGandalf estimated that Saruman commanded ten-thousand Uruk-hai. About 5,000 pounds or 2, 300 kilograms of flesh per day would keep them happy. If only one-tenth of the flesh were human, that's 230... |
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Forum: The Books
01-24-2007, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 11,067
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Animalmother
Cunning SarumanFor twenty years, Saruman kept orcs employed below ground inside the ring of Isengard, out of public view, developing industry and breeding human-orc hybrids. In the last two years before the War of... |
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