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To: Nepeta; Tax-chick

I am wondering if Tolkein could typed or afford a typist how much more material he would have produced.


15 posted on 06/21/2014 10:58:05 AM PDT by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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To: Perdogg
I am wondering if Tolkein could typed or afford a typist how much more material he would have produced.

He typed his own manuscripts.

He did leave behind a massive amount of material of drafts that he did not pursue, background information, and more. He also did a number of watercolor views of his world.
19 posted on 06/21/2014 11:21:58 AM PDT by Nepeta
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To: Perdogg

That’s a good question. My impression is that Tolkien was just as interested in compiling dictionaries and genealogies and composing poems as he was in a narrative structure ... maybe even more.


23 posted on 06/21/2014 11:34:09 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Cynicism is a far greater spiritual danger than naivete." ~ Stephen Webb)
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