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Fordim Hedgethistle · 09-01-2005, 07:06 AM

Actually, Esty, the publishers have used those obscure names as a crass means of generating more revenue. I was in the bookstore the other day and found a whole section devoted to books about M-E, most of which were full of explanatory notes about the things that this Tolkien fellow added to the story.

He was cleary looking for spin-off and cross-over merchandising when he wrote that thing.

09-01-2005, 07:06 AM	#30
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Actually, Esty, the publishers have used those obscure names as a crass means of generating more revenue. I was in the bookstore the other day and found a whole section devoted to books about M-E, most of which were full of explanatory notes about the things that this Tolkien fellow added to the story. He was cleary looking for spin-off and cross-over merchandising when he wrote that thing. __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.