Tolkien's Mistakes

[Aiwendil]

Davem wrote:

'Sauron' isn't his 'right name', its a title - according to Encyc of Arda it means either 'The Abhorred' or Lord of Abomination'.

But Aragorn certainly seemed to think it was his "right name" - anyway, the implication was that Sauron would not use the name "Sauron".

Boromir wrote:

We all know Bilbo became the oldest hobbit to ever live. But, do we know BILBO cheated, when recording the dates. From the timeline in the back, in 3019 to 3020, Bilbo age seems to go from 119 to......130? Interesting, but I wonder if this was an editting problem, instead of a Tolkien slip up.

Well, Bilbo was 111 at the party - which is correct for its date 60 years after The Hobbit. Seventeen years pass between the party and the beginning of Frodo's quest, which would put Bilbo at 128. I believe that was 3018 (I could be wrong), which would make him 130 in 3020. So I think it was a typo or something.