Re: Re: "Sufficient" detail

From: Nick_Brooke_at_...
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:59:32 +0100


Phil wrote:
>> [Tolkein] did not know, at the time he introduced him, that
>> "Strider" was in reality Aragorn, King of the West. Strider
>> was just a shadowy and slightly menacing figure met in Bree.

> Actually, when Tolkien first wrote the scene, he was a Hobbit
> with wooden feet, called "Trotter".

In Glorantha, he'd have been a comical duck. Count your blessings.

Cheers, Nick

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