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Saruman & Knowledge of the Three? (Preview) So, my 13 yo son is reading the LotR's and we were having a discussion on the Rings and the histories and such and I got smacked up side the head with a thought. I could find no mention that Saruman had knowledge that Elrond and Galadriel had rings or that he knew that Cirdan had one, and what had become of th...	azaghal	3	4626	Oct 11, 2017 by Mayor Will Whitfoot
Saruman or Gandalf? (Preview) In the scene where an old man approached Gimli, Legolas, and Aragon, was it Saruman? If so, why didn't he bump them off or something?	Laurelin	9	4202	May 30, 2017 by John Wain
LOTR discussion Book II (Preview) Chapter 1. Many meetings -- Edited by Lorelline on Sunday 7th of February 2016 05:38:09 AM	Lorelline	4	3949	Mar 25, 2016 by Jaidoprism7
LOTR Book Discussion Club - Book I, starting from Chapter 2 ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) I decided to provide the full annotation just in case - both within and outside this thread, the latter for the beginning of the discussion in separate threads, and some other threads. 'Procedural' thread, "LOTR Book Discussion Club" (Timing of the discussion, volunteering, suggest...	Lorelline	106	30233	Feb 12, 2016 by Jaidoprism7
Dol Guldor (Preview) In the book Haldir, I believe, speaks of the power that had returned to Mirkwood. Presumably he is referring to Sauron. But, by the time Frodo was in Lorien Sauron had moved to Mordor. Wouldn't the evil have also moved with him? Or does his evil have residual effects? And I'm not just talking about orcs t...	Laurelin	2	2945	Jan 10, 2016 by ArwenLegolas
A day in the life of a Nazgul (Preview) Bagend: ?Nope, not here" Woody End: "Nope not here" "You can tell it's a hobbit; they smell like cabbage. And a bit of an ale quality, like hops and barley." "What do hops smell like?" After weathertop: " Dude, your clothes are all burned. I brough...	Imagineer	4	3769	Oct 27, 2014 by Wswplllwer
The Lord of the rings audio recording on You Tube Lord of the Rings You Tube audio recordings (Preview) Here is the collection of the audio recordings of "The Lord of the Rings" on You Tube. I did not download them, merely provided the links. Please enjoy at your leasure! The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Audio Book Part 1 (8hrs 32min) [video=http://www.youtube.com/watc...	azaghal	4	4857	Oct 27, 2014 by Wswplllwer
Extension Thread of the LOTR Book Discussion group (Preview) Hello all, Here is the Extension thread of the Book Discussion group. Here can be discussed any other Tolkien source for questions that may arise within the Main Book Discussion thread. This is not a competing thread. All source material is "green lighted" here. Shaping of Middl...	Jaidoprism7	7	4282	Aug 11, 2014 by Lorelline
LOTR Book Discussion Club ( 1 2 ) (Preview) What do you guys think of having a "book club" for the LOTR trilogy? We'd assign a different chapter to different people. Then we read a chapter over the weekend and then whoever's turn it is leads a discussion, poses questions, etc. over the chapter we just read. The discussion would go on...	Teralectus	45	8020	Jul 13, 2014 by Lorelline
Book Club Fellowship of The Ring Discussion Group: Chapter One, A Long Expected Party (Preview) I personally liked the inviting feel of this chapter as it gives the old familiar feeling of the 'child-like' whimsy which "The Hobbit" embodied so well, but also gives a great deal of detail involving Hobbit life in the Shire and Bilbo's gravity as a famous and rather well-to-do Hobbit. ...	Jaidoprism7	22	7478	Mar 26, 2014 by Jaidoprism7
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Prologue - Part One: "Concerning Hobbits" (Preview) This is the first post of the Lord of the Rings Book Club. I am taking the first section, the prologue. I am going to break the discussion into four parts, each pertaining to a subsection of the prologue. I will list questions or discussion points and number them. When replying, simply type the numb...	Teralectus	16	8135	Mar 7, 2014 by Lorelline
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Prologue - Part 2: Pipeweed, The Ordering of the Shire, and The Finding of the Ring (Preview) This is the conclusion to the prologue. The following questions will be separated by section. "Concerning Pipe-weed" 1. Tolkien writes "pipe-weed or leaf, a variety probably of Nicotania" Is the word "Nicotania" derived from "nicotine", or is the...	Teralectus	10	4799	Mar 7, 2014 by Lorelline
Sauron's Terms (Preview) From "The Return of the King", book 5, chapter 10: "The Black Gate Opens" Here follows the quote: "These are the terms, said the Messenger, and smiled as he eyed them one by one. The rabble of Gondor and it's deluded allies shall withdraw at once beyond the Anduin, firs...	FirstBorn	12	7771	Sep 17, 2013 by Lorelline
Gandalf the Old Fool? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Here is the thing, how did Gandalf not know there was a Balrog in Moria? Or if he didn't exactly know it was a Balrog, why didn't he feel the need to take out Durin's Bane? (if the Balrog was indeed Durin's Bane). Let us examine the facts: - Something evil and terrible drives the dwarves of the most powerful...	Bard the Bowman	51	11211	Mar 24, 2013 by Jaidoprism7
Who is Meriadoc's best friend? (Preview) Hello everybody! I'm new on the forum Now I am reading "The Hobbit" and I was all PJ's trilogy. I liked very much Merry and Pippin so, I wonder if Merry's best friend is Pippin in the book too. Thank you!	merrypippin	7	3631	Mar 9, 2013 by ArwenLegolas
Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit Audiobooks (Preview) Hello everyone. I've been looking to buy a dramatization audiobook of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I know of the BBC Dramatization of The Lord of the Rings, having listened to it previously, but i would like to hear the opinions of others before buying any. Which of the many audiobooks would you...	Fenfick Tale	10	4762	Feb 24, 2013 by Jaidoprism7
Could the Istari use "magic" without their staves? (Preview) Tolkien uses the word "power" rather ambiguously, I've noticed. And it seems to have made it quite difficult in determining the significance of the staff to the user. These quotes I find confusing: The staff in the hand of a wizard may be more than a prop for age', said Hama. He looked hard at...	Faegir	3	3876	Feb 17, 2013 by Glorfindel
The Palantiri's powers (Preview) In the Two Towers Gandalf describes the Palantiri to Pippin and goes on to talk about how much he would have liked to use it/them. What I had never thought about was that they, the palantiri, could look across time as well as space. " - to look across the wide seas of water and of time toTirion the Fair...	Laurelin	4	4086	Feb 8, 2013 by Jaidoprism7
Rare Lord of the Rings books set signed and inscribed by Tolkien up for auction (Preview) I thought you would be interested to know that RRAuction are currently auctioning an extremely rare complete set of "Lord of the Rings" books hand signed and inscribed by J.R.R. Tolkien (the signature and inscription are located in the "Two Towers" book). The starting bid fo...	josephbanks	0	3411	Dec 5, 2012 by josephbanks
Gimli and Legolas (Preview) Tolkien said that Gimli and Legolas' friendship developed so much that Gimli accompanied Legolas to Valinor. What do you think they did together after the Ring was destroyed and the Fellowship disbanded? Do you think that they might have had adventures worth a story that Tolkien had no time to write...	The New King of Angmar	21	6243	Oct 1, 2012 by Laurelin
Fate of the Ents (Preview) Does anyone know what happens to the Ents after the war of the ring ended?	Tarcil	15	7835	Sep 24, 2012 by ArwenLegolas
The Eye of Sauron ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I am wishing to discuss about the Eye of Sauron. Most think it is litterally an 'Eye' atop Barad-dur, The Dark tower wreathed in Flame. From here he can see all that is in Middle-earth, except those parts which are beyond his power to see (Lorien and Rivendell for example). To confirm this theory we...	mouth of sauron	47	23320	Aug 17, 2012 by Zekrom
The Northern Sceptre? (Preview) I've had this question for a while now, and it's puzzled me a bit. When reading the appendixes of the LOTR, in appendix B it mentions the "Northern Sceptre" under the date of S.R 1427. What exactly is the Northern Sceptre? Is it an actual object, or is it a reference to the Northern Kingdom lik...	Mithrandir	6	3837	Apr 23, 2012 by jakehobby1
Does Gandalf have foresight? (Preview) I notice that throughout a few places in Lord of the Rings Gandalf seems to have a partial fore-knowledge of an event that has not taken place yet or has just taken place far away. For example in The Hobbit Bilbo at the end offers to give him all the troll-gold they had buried at the beginning of the adventu...	Bilbo Baggins	28	9332	Jan 11, 2012 by Jaidoprism7
durin's bane (Preview) This is off wikipedia so forget all the underlined stuff. About the bold and italic, can anyone tell me where this is said. and if theres more of it?...and sorry if this is in the wrong place. *Durin's Bane refers to a specific Balrog who was not otherwise named. It would surely have served its master* *Mo...*	dwarf guy	20	60220	Oct 11, 2011 by Galin
Physical Form & The Eye (Preview) In "The Lord of the Rings", Tolkien did not go into great detail when explaining Sauron's form and his many devices. (other than his ring of course) So, during the "War of the Ring" was Sauron a physical being or merely a spirit. Did he need the One Ring to regain his physical f...	FirstBorn	10	3398	Sep 15, 2011 by I Had Better Be Quiet Now
The Watcher in the Water ( 1 2 ) (Preview) In the fellowship of the ring, outside the west gate of Moria, the fellowship are attacked by some strange creature which "had tentacles that were pale green and luminous and had gripping fingers at the ends". This creature was the Watcher, that lived in a lake formed by the damming of the Siran...	Khamul the Easterling	49	10506	Aug 31, 2011 by Huan the great hound
The ring of fire (Preview) Whilst the hobbits are on the side of mount doom, and just after gollum has attacked frodo, "...a figure robed in white, but at its breast it held a wheel of fire. Out of the fire, there spoke a voice. 'Begone, and truble me no more! If you touch me ever again, you shall be cast yourself into the Fir...	jammi567	15	7494	Aug 22, 2011 by Jaidoprism7
Smeagol's Promise (Preview) But what went on in his wretched heart between the pressure of the eye, and the lust of the Ring that was so near, and his grovelling promise made half in fear of cold iron, the hobbits did not guess So, I was reading the Two Towers and I came across this passage and got a little confused. To my understandi...	kinakinella	5	4727	Aug 16, 2011 by PippinLegolasLovechild
More than just a man? (Preview) Well of course he was more than man but how much? Aragorn that is. He had been raised by Elrond who was half-elf, he married elf, he was dunedain who maybe had little gift with foresight. My question is: what's your opinion about Aragorn and how far he was to be considered as 'normal man'? One example to st...	Lord Tulkas	13	5338	Aug 14, 2011 by Jaidoprism7

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