Sorry Brian, but you missed the whole point of Tolkien's writing then. He's fundamentally a mythologist. Ents are one of his mythological creatures. They are no more or less real than the humans in his story.
Just as centaurs, cyclops, the kraken, etc were essential to the Greeks and the niebelung, valkerie, six legged horses, etc were essential to the stories of the Norse. -Kevin On 7/6/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But us non-fantasy folks shake our heads when such silly tricks are used to > shore up the plot. Tolkien couldn't figure out how to destroy Isingard (i > think i have that name right, with butchered spelling i'm sure) using > believable aspects/characters of the story, so he invents walking trees to > do it. I know such things are the life-blood of fantasy story > telling....which I guess is why I'm not a fan of it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163085 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
