A new anti-Tolkien critique

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Tell me - does bolster mean something else Stateside to here or does the US edition differ... this guy makes a huge fuss about "sacks of grain" being put in the beds at the Pony to make them look occupied. Now in my version it is bolsters which are of course long round pillows...

I don't think I'd heard the word used as a noun until I read FOTR. At any rate, I've never heard of it used in connection with grain. My old-school Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary doesn't have that definition either. Maybe the author's knowledge of language is as lacking as his taste in books.

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Anyway I do feel that I have taken one for the team here...

Yes indeed. I shall have a frosty bottle of hobbit-approved beer in your honor.