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   From: le@main.put.com   
      
   In rec.arts.books.tolkien Paul S. Person    
   wrote:   
   > On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:45:40 -0400, "tony"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>"Paul S. Person"  wrote in message news:   
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   >>It occurred to me last night that, since the legendarium is set in NW   
   >>Europe/Britain, the Ice Age glaciers may have had some effect on both   
   >>the landscape and the various monuments created by the Men of the   
   >>Third and Fourth Ages.   
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   >>   
   >>Tony replied:   
   >>   
   >>I agree.  Although an Orc, Troll or Ent might find it impossible to destroy   
   >>Minas Tirith, Orthanc or Helm's Deep, glaciers could possess the weight and   
   >>force necessary to undermine the foundations of these structures and erase   
   >>evidence for their existence from the historical record.  However, I wonder   
   >>how the "Red Book of Westmarch" could have survived through the Ice Age   
   >>until the present when no other artifacts of that type managed to do so.   
   >   
   > Excellent question.   
   >   
   > Sadly, I can't think of an answer.   
      
   As ever,I look at the lack of credible evidence for the M-E map having   
   been part of our world's past as proof that the Red Book,despite the   
   earnest beliefs of its translator,must have in fact come from another   
   dimension.   
      
   After all,we can't allow for the possibility of its being fictional.   
      
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