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[morwen]

Cafe Scientifique this evening - this time is The Science of Middle Earth, given by Henry Gee, an editor for Nature. Did a bit of usenet searching and it seems he (a) knows his stuff about science, (b) knows his stuff about Tolkien and (c) is a good speaker. Not clear what he'll be talking about, but it apparently might include what Mithril could be, Hobbits vs those skeletons they found in Flores, and whether Balrogs have wings (and if so can they fly?).



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[haloj.livejournal.com]

I gather we are talking LOTR Balrog and not any other form? D&D etc.

If so then yes they do and yes they can.
Compelling evidence (http://tolkien.cro.net/balrogs/ddueck.html)

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

Obviously, I am not talking about cheap imitation Balrogs.

Far from compelling. See, I am not compelled!

[haloj.livejournal.com]

Yes I realise that was probably a bad choice of phrase. :)

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

D&D doesn't have, and has never had, balrogs. The lawyers wouldn't let them.

[haloj.livejournal.com]

Ah didn't know that. I would have looked it up in the Monstrous Manual but I'm at work :)