Re: CHAT: Tolkien (was Re: fantasy)
| From: | Ed Heil <edheil@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Thursday, November 25, 1999, 9:37 |
|---|
Grandsire, C.A. wrote:
>
> It is, knowing how Tolkien despised the pointed ears of the elves
of
> the folk view. He said it enough to consider that giving pointed ears to
> Elves in LotR is not a good idea, if only to respect his memory.
The rest of your points are well taken, but I don't think I've ever
heard of Tolkien saying even once, much less repeatedly, that he
despised pointed-eared elves. Can you support this?
---------------------------------------------------------------------
edheil@postmark.net
---------------------------------------------------------------------