"His capacity to breathe life into landscapes and treat them as characters rather than static backdrops is, for many, one of the most memorable components of his legacy."
This reminds me of Legolas's comments about Eriador. "The elves of this land were of a race strange to us of the silvan folk, and the trees and the grass do not now remember them. Only I hear the stones lament them: deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us; but they are gone." In almost all modern fantasy, the stones would be nothing but backdrop, or else magically speak loud and clear.
It is honestly my favourite piece of Tolkien scholarship - which is REALLY saying something. I was just talking about it yesterday with Patrick Curry, in fact! Many thanks for the comment. Your work inspires me immensely 🙌
"His capacity to breathe life into landscapes and treat them as characters rather than static backdrops is, for many, one of the most memorable components of his legacy."
This reminds me of Legolas's comments about Eriador. "The elves of this land were of a race strange to us of the silvan folk, and the trees and the grass do not now remember them. Only I hear the stones lament them: deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us; but they are gone." In almost all modern fantasy, the stones would be nothing but backdrop, or else magically speak loud and clear.
Thank you for your kind words on my book. Glad you found it useful!
It is honestly my favourite piece of Tolkien scholarship - which is REALLY saying something. I was just talking about it yesterday with Patrick Curry, in fact! Many thanks for the comment. Your work inspires me immensely 🙌