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Bill Ferny · 02-22-2003, 01:29 AM

Seeing as how the facts were often pretty vague and were subject to frequent development and change by the professor, himself, I’m leaning toward B. By writing the guide from the perspective of a 4th age scholar one would be able to present the many developments, changes and inconsistencies contained in the whole corpus (especially if one wants to include UT, BoLT and HoME) as so many “learned opinions” much like what real historians and philosophers do with the real world. After all, Middle Earth as it turns out is much like the world in which we live, often lacking easily defined facts.

02-22-2003, 01:29 AM	#19
Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 392	Seeing as how the facts were often pretty vague and were subject to frequent development and change by the professor, himself, I’m leaning toward B. By writing the guide from the perspective of a 4th age scholar one would be able to present the many developments, changes and inconsistencies contained in the whole corpus (especially if one wants to include UT, BoLT and HoME) as so many “learned opinions” much like what real historians and philosophers do with the real world. After all, Middle Earth as it turns out is much like the world in which we live, often lacking easily defined facts. __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.