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FarFromHome
Valinor
Oct 10 2012, 8:49am
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what Tolkien said in that Letter (about not caring to inquire about Gollum's fate). It's true Tolkien does sometimes like to phrase things in his Letters as if his fictional world is some kind of real history, and that can be misleading if you don't allow for it, but I think all he's saying in this sentence is that he doesn't think Gollum's ultimate fate is something he wants to spell out in black and white in his story. As in any real history (which is, after all, the impression he's trying to create in his fiction), some things must remain for ever unknown. That's a part of good storytelling, I think. Some things have to be left for readers to figure out as best they can for themselves.
They went in, and Sam shut the door.
But even as he did so, he heard suddenly,
deep and unstilled,
the sigh and murmur of the Sea upon the shores of Middle-earth.
From the unpublished Epilogue to the Lord of the Rings
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Gollum's ultimate "fate"?
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CyberGhostface
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Oct 5 2012, 11:11pm
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Yes.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 6 2012, 3:59am
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great question
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dijomaja
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Oct 6 2012, 11:14am
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True, however
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elevorn
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Oct 8 2012, 1:52pm
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well, first let me say...
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weaver
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Oct 9 2012, 2:39am
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Literary Cowardice II
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JWPlatt
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Oct 9 2012, 3:24am
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Well if you have an artisticall inspiration...
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isaac
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Oct 9 2012, 2:55pm
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Fictional characters often wander off to unspecified fates.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 9 2012, 10:18pm
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Rationalizations
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JWPlatt
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Oct 9 2012, 10:51pm
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Maybe you're misinterpreting
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FarFromHome
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Oct 10 2012, 8:49am
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don't forget...
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dijomaja
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Oct 11 2012, 11:02am
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