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William Cloud Hicklin · 10-18-2007, 08:05 PM

A major problem with 'very late notes,' i.e. those made after Tolkien's move to Bournemouth in 1968, is that he was largely working from memory, which he himself admitted was becoming unreliable. It's unsurprising therefore that many of these should contradict what he wrote elsewhere (cf the names of the Blue Wizards).

10-18-2007, 08:05 PM	#3
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	A major problem with 'very late notes,' i.e. those made after Tolkien's move to Bournemouth in 1968, is that he was largely working from memory, which he himself admitted was becoming unreliable. It's unsurprising therefore that many of these should contradict what he wrote elsewhere (cf the names of the Blue Wizards). __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.