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From: roy@gatech.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Tolkien, etc.
Message-ID: <332@gatech.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 14:24:09 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 27 14:24:09 1983
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I seem to remember some part of Tolkien's "Unfinished Tales" talking
about the development of the Lord of the Rings.  I believe that even
as far into the book as Bree, when the Hobbits meet Aragorn, Tolkien
had no idea where the story was going, that Aragorn was the king to
be, that he had to become king to wed the woman (elf) he loved, etc.
All that developed later, but because the publisher was in a hurry to
get more stuff from the creator of "The Hobbit" out, there wasn't a
chance to rewrite the first book to be a part of the more grandious
mythos he eventually evolved.  Oh well, as they say, Money Talks.

By the way, I have noticed that although there is at least one REAL
science fiction author (Mr. Pournelle) on the net, we loyal SF book
purchasers never receive the benefit of their experience.  Maybe it
is asking too much of the author's highly paid fingers to expect to
read something from them in this news group, but....   ;-)


Roy J. Mongiovi

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