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> Remember that neither Hobbit nor LotR originally was even in the Silmarillion universe it just sorta grew to be there. Fitting the Hobbit in actually is quite
by peeters 4y ago
> Remember that neither Hobbit nor LotR originally was even in the Silmarillion universe it just sorta grew to be there. Fitting the Hobbit in actually is quite difficult.
We're not talking about some abandoned setting of LotR, we're talking about the world of the book that was actually published. Which is absolutely the world of the Silmarillion (also as published).
- chx 4y agoWell, yes, but what I am saying is that the few ideas that survived from BOLT into Silmarillion didn't form LotR -- they are too distant relatives so to speak.