Into The Woods - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 02-08-2012, 05:48 PM

Why aren't these woodlands on the map? Is it purely for aesthetic reasons, namely the need to fit in labels of other features and so forth. Or is it that only the most tangled woods where significant story developments happened are included?

It probably sounds the strangest question but I love maps and I often think the 'official' ones which come with the books are lacking in detail and it sits very oddly with the notion that Middle-earth was a sylvan paradise, in the west at least. I used to use Barbara Strachey's Journeys of Frodo in preference to those in the books.

02-08-2012, 05:48 PM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Why aren't these woodlands on the map? Is it purely for aesthetic reasons, namely the need to fit in labels of other features and so forth. Or is it that only the most tangled woods where significant story developments happened are included? It probably sounds the strangest question but I love maps and I often think the 'official' ones which come with the books are lacking in detail and it sits very oddly with the notion that Middle-earth was a sylvan paradise, in the west at least. I used to use Barbara Strachey's Journeys of Frodo in preference to those in the books. __________________ Gordon's alive!