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He'd whine loudly.

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> And Tolkien would weep a silent tear to see his work called "allegorical."
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
> <danldo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:
>>
>> > It's my understanding that was how it started with he drawing distant
>> time
>> > and CS Lewis drawing distant space, but as it took on a life of its
>> own
>> it
>> > became increasingly allegorical and less literally our world. Though
>> with
>> > events like the Bending of the Roads, pretty much any discrepancies
>> can
>> be
>> > explained away.
>>
>> No; Middle-earth (or, more properly, Arda) goes back to long before
>> his famous "bargain" with Lewis. He began writing what would become
>> _The Silmarillion_ during WWI.
>>
>> The product of the "bargain" was never completed.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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