Favourite moment in the Silmarillion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 01-25-2007, 03:36 PM

Tolkien does quite a good line in Sheddies, actually. I wonder was he writing from experience? He was known to be pretty good at DIY after all (and I can vouch for the fact that the trellis he put up on the fence at Northmoor Road sometime in the 1930s is a sturdy construction because I poked at it), and all those late nights in his study...these characterisations of masculinity could be based on experience.

01-25-2007, 03:36 PM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Tolkien does quite a good line in Sheddies, actually. I wonder was he writing from experience? He was known to be pretty good at DIY after all (and I can vouch for the fact that the trellis he put up on the fence at Northmoor Road sometime in the 1930s is a sturdy construction because I poked at it), and all those late nights in his study...these characterisations of masculinity could be based on experience. __________________ Gordon's alive!