tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post4351883034606159525..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Darwins Take Ohio, Books, The Dark AgesDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-78943576622583801742007-05-09T19:39:00.000-04:002007-05-09T19:39:00.000-04:00We have a tape version of Mary Poppins here, too--...We have a tape version of Mary Poppins here, too--I was surprised the first time we heard it through how obnoxious Mary was. Not at all like the Julie Andrews version. Other than the magic stuff going on about her, I couldn't see why she would appeal to a kid at all!CMinorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305306030099439903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-23304861000728207602007-05-09T12:02:00.000-04:002007-05-09T12:02:00.000-04:00Tom Simon, That would make a lot of sense. It's s...Tom Simon, <BR/><BR/>That would make a lot of sense. It's so unusual to catch Tolkien letting anything like that slip by (as opposed to Lewis, who regularly slipped up on various details between books) that it always makes me wonder.<BR/><BR/>Bearing,<BR/><BR/>We are indeed in the Cinci, home of MrsDarwin's family -- at least for the last 20 years or so.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-37191472093542689092007-05-09T09:54:00.000-04:002007-05-09T09:54:00.000-04:00Are you free to say where you are in Ohio? I'm fr...Are you free to say where you are in Ohio? I'm from Cincinnati (in Minneapolis now.)bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-22558449017653887792007-05-08T20:55:00.000-04:002007-05-08T20:55:00.000-04:00It appears that the king referred to in The Hobbit...It appears that the king referred to in <I>The Hobbit</I> was the long-lost King of Arnor, who granted the Shire to the hobbits under the authority of the Thain. The Prologue of LOTR says more:<BR/><BR/><I>There remained, of course, the ancient tradition concerning the high king at Fornost. . . . But there had been no king for nearly a thousand years, and even the ruins of Kings' Norbury werer covered with grass. Yet the Hobbits still said of wild folk and wicked things (such as trolls) that they had not heard of the king.</I><BR/><BR/>It may have been an anachronism when Tolkien first mentioned a king in <I>The Hobbit,</I> but he retconned it very neatly. It ends up contributing its bit to that wonderful air of layered migrations and ancient history you speak of.<BR/><BR/>By the way, glad to hear you arrived safely. Last summer I drove from Chicago to Calgary in two days, 1600 miles, solo. I don't recommend it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com