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| Nick: |
squire (Registered User) |
| Date/Time: |
Fri, 4/2/2004 at 8:53 EDT (Fri, 4/2/2004 at 7:53 EST) |
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Tolkien may be thinking of the Thames, <Curious> [4/2/2004 @ 7:21] (1/2)
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| Subject: |
I think Tolkien wanted it both ways |
Message: |
Thanks for showing points where T. has the river apparently UN-fordable. I had
spent my time looking for quotes about fords at Osgiliath, and I found so many
that I couldn't deny his intent.
It'll have to remain one of those minor geographical mysteries of Middle-earth,
like how a river could emerge from Erebor, or why the torturous pass of Cirith
Ungol was ever opened when it only connects two points already connected by
wagon
road.
He used often to say there was only one TORn; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, starting a new topic,” he used to say. “You post it on the board, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to. Do you realize that this is the very site that's read by Ph. D's and 70% women, by non-book viewers and purists, gamers, newbies and lurkers, and that if you let it, it might take you to furious arguments, fluffy hugs, virtual cocktail hours or even further and to worse places?”
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