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Bêthberry · 06-15-2002, 10:46 PM

Greetings Kin-strife,

If I understand you properly, you are saying that Tolkien includes a kind of natural history in his fiction that is unlike the descriptions of other writers. Things like the climate being consistent with the topography, birds, plants, flora and fauna being identifiable, the geography plausible. Correct?

What might be relevant here is the comment Merry makes about the Old Forest being so much more alive and aware.

*lies back on the soft mosses by the Withywindle and looks up at the stars sparkling through the canopy of trees*

Bethberry

[ June 16, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ]

06-15-2002, 10:46 PM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Greetings Kin-strife, If I understand you properly, you are saying that Tolkien includes a kind of natural history in his fiction that is unlike the descriptions of other writers. Things like the climate being consistent with the topography, birds, plants, flora and fauna being identifiable, the geography plausible. Correct? What might be relevant here is the comment Merry makes about the Old Forest being so much more alive and aware. lies back on the soft mosses by the Withywindle and looks up at the stars sparkling through the canopy of trees Bethberry [ June 16, 2002: Message edited by: Bethberry ] __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.