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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    Lewis  wrote:   
      
   > >> >> Myself, I subscribe to the conclusion that Balrogs had wings and could   
   > >> >> fly after 1940. Mostly because I think a winged Balrog is cooler, and   
   > >> >> it requires less "interpretation" of the source material :)   
   > >>   
   > >> Well, you (Sandman) are Swedish, and I suppose we have to forgive those   
   > >> who have grown up with the Ohlmarks 'translation' for all kinds of   
   > >> misunderstandings of the text   
   >   
   > > I never read it in Swedish. I only read books in English.   
   >   
   > You never read books in Swedish?   
      
   Nope. :P   
      
   I don't know of any good swedish authors, and I always want to read   
   books in the language they were written. And well, that sort of limits   
   my choices to english books, since I don't know any other language. :)   
      
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