Tolkien testosterone

[frankielee242]

Aldrea wrote:

> Well, I know it wasn't published in actual story style.  But I never 
> thought it was JRRT's dictionary(The Appendixes in RotK seemed more 
> like a dictionary).  I figured(and didn't the foreward in the 
> beginning say this?) it was his actual notes on the story of the 
> elves that Christopher Tolkien had gathered and put together.  And I 
> guess the notes were just the basic story, no real Bang or flavor to 
> be found in them- which is why the thing is just so darned boring 
> half the time.  But it still has some good stories. =P

You're bang-on right. I ment "dictionary" as in JRRT's personal
encyclopedia of reference materials-- background notes, assorted
characters, universe/planet/deity history, etc. Guess I should have
said middle earth bible. It certainly reads like one! =P

Good fun anyway. 


Frankie