03-30-2006, 12:40 AM | #21 |
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Hmm..."channeling Gollum"...I've read Wheel of Time, and that puts a rather peculiar picture in my head...
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03-30-2006, 08:20 AM | #22 |
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I agree with Forkbeard's assessment. And... Pippin "struck gold" too, since Grishnakh was from the Dark Tower (Appendices - F I think) and very possibly knew something of Sauron's "interview" with Gollum some years prior.
Can't really judge his action as childish or foolish. He was playing with fire, yes - but he was in a "live or death" situation anyway. He maybe felt the inspiration and kept his cool enough to "go with it".
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The Red Book, at least in part, is more or less representative of The Hobbit, so that I think most of what was in said Hobbit would be in the Red Book. Of course, one must keep in mind the matter of the original Hobbit. Quote:
As Forkbeard says, QED.
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05-11-2006, 11:55 AM | #24 |
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I agree. When Merry and Pippin catch up to Sam and Frodo, it is revealed that Sam was spying for quite some time and telling Merry and Pippin about the discussions between Frodo and Gandalf. I'd have to look in the books which are at home, but Pippin knew about Gollum and the Ring from very early on.
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