Re: Change (was: (TFT) Jobs table: ...)

[raito@raito.com]

From my point of view, and Tolkein's, what Tolkein was writing was a history. 

Lieber and Vance aren't writing histories. If their protagonists don't 
think of it, orexperience it, it doesn't appear in the stories. 

Quoting gem6868 <gem6868@verizon.net>:
> you're "at odds" b/c you aren't really getting what I'm saying. 

That's because you didn't say it. What you said was:

> > I doubt he consulted or read Gies, or anyone else. 

.. which is not so. 

> In
> the case of Vance (like Wolf) he even presents words he's made up or
> self-derived or altered their use, again without explanation. 

Well, that's certainly different that Tolkein, isn't it?

Neil Gilmore
raito@raito.com
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