Notes on TTT: Shelob's Lair

[eykar]

'It may indeed have been daytime now, as Gollum said, but the hobbits could see little difference, unless, perhaps, the heavy sky above was less utterly black, more like a great roof of smoke.' If it is day, there is no way to ascertain whether it is March 11, the day that according to the Tale of Years Gollum 'nearly repents'; or March 12, the

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[rabidsamfan]

You know, rereading this is the first time I caught that Sam has remembered the barrow?... I'm usually gulping down the pages, racing headlong for Cirith Ungol.

I'm glad you're still making comments on this. It's illuminating.

Picky picky details

[eykar]

Thanks! My aims include noticing all the picky details that I would miss if I didn't make myself read slowly and write down every single thing that strikes me as interesting, even if I don't know why. LoTR is full of depths that don't call attention to themselves.