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   From: le@main.put.com   
      
   In rec.arts.books.tolkien Paul S. Person    
   wrote:   
   > On 25 Oct 2015 12:30:00 GMT, Michael Ikeda  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Paul S. Person  wrote in   
   >>news:a4gn2bh5f1vj5ugq6rtlg0vmuj2d28g5lf@4ax.com:   
   >>   
   >>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:45:40 -0400, "tony"    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>"Paul S. Person"  wrote in message news:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>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.   
   >>   
   >>Gondor was one of the many places visited by the Doctor in the   
   >>course of his travels.  On one of his visits he made a copy of the   
   >>Red Book.,,   
   >>   
   >>:-)   
   >   
   > Or (thought of this last night, long after my first response) a copy   
   > of the Red Book of Westmarch somehow made its way to Tol Eressea, and   
   > a copy of that was brought back by Eriol and added to the library of   
   > the monastery which cared for him after his return.   
      
   Or Smith of Wootton Major picked one up in Faerie?   
      
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