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Even as a child, I found Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth geographically implausible, in terms of river flows and mountain placement.
by oska 10y ago
Even as a child, I found Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth geographically implausible, in terms of river flows and mountain placement.
- vacri 10y agoI only really had a problem with the convenient 'box' of mountains around Mordor. Well, that and the fact that everything was so far apart that the main trilogy spent more pages talking about walking than talking about events :D
- jessaustin 10y agoThey didn't have automobiles, you know. b^) As I understand it, one of Tolkien's primary concerns was to resist the easy shortcuts of modernity, both in transportation and in thought.
- Null-Set 10y agoHe also just really liked writing about landscapes.