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Hamfast Gamgee
Tol Eressea
Dec 4 2012, 12:21am
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The Hobbit a train wreck as a prequel to Lotr?????????????
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Maybe that should be Lotr is a train wreck as looked closely as a sequel to the Hobbit?  Actually, I can see an argument whereby the Hobbit might be as far as the basic facts are concerned, at least with the matters of the Ring, correct but some of the more flights of fancy, such as Trolls having names, talking troll purses, talking animals, Elves singing Tral, la, la, lally, are just fairy tales for impressionable Gondor children and not to be taken too seriously. Tolkien did try try to re-write the Hobbit more in the style of Lotr, but was told it just wasn't the Hobbit. In fact if he was to do that he might have to re-write the first chapter of Lotr as well. Though this isn't my own point of view. I think that most of the Hobbit anachronism can be explained away by simply saying that this the wild north a bit different to the more civilised countries of Middle-Earth.
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The Last Stage, part V - Prophecies and Providence
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sador
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Nov 20 2012, 7:33pm
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The Necromancer
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Hamfast Gamgee
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Nov 20 2012, 11:26pm
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In The Hobbit alone, you are right.
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sador
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Nov 22 2012, 3:53pm
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The name of the Necromancer
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FarFromHome
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Nov 24 2012, 5:43pm
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But I thought
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sador
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Nov 25 2012, 9:11am
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That's the odd thing.
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FarFromHome
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Nov 25 2012, 10:52am
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prophecy, providence and pforesight
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telain
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Nov 22 2012, 6:22pm
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True or false viviosns?
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sador
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Nov 23 2012, 10:48am
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Both no and yes...
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FarFromHome
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Nov 24 2012, 5:13pm
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Thank you!
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sador
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Nov 25 2012, 9:52am
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Thank you for the excellent summary
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FarFromHome
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Nov 25 2012, 3:53pm
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Gandalf had a lotta splainin' to do!
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squire
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Dec 1 2012, 8:11pm
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The Hobbit a train wreck as a prequel to Lotr?????????????
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Hamfast Gamgee
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Dec 4 2012, 12:21am
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Thanks for a wonderful post!
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Ardamírë
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Dec 3 2012, 9:15pm
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