Galadriel a queen? Letter 210, page 274: (quoting from the proposed "film 'treatment'")
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"'It is the home of Galadriel... an Elvenqueen.' (She is not in fact one.) "
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He continues, exhasperated,
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"Will Z please pay my text some respect, at least in descriptions that are obviously central to the general tone and style of the book?.... The disappearance of the temptation of Galadriel is significant. Practically everything having moral import has vanished from the synopsis."
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(Fascinating hint a paragraph later about Lembas having a religious significance... from the pen of the prof'...)
[ January 07, 2003: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]