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- From: Adrian.Waterworth@newcastle.ac.uk (Adrian Waterworth)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
- Subject: Re: Lords and Ladies references and query
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 08:35:32 GMT
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- Adrian.Waterworth@newcastle.ac.uk (Adrian Waterworth) writes:
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- >robin@duich.turing.ac.uk (Robin Boswell) writes:
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- >> Half-way down p. 62 of the British edition of "Lords and Ladies",
- >>there's a list of five terms for lands beyond the mundane.
- >>The first, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" sounds
- >>familiar, but I can't identify the reference. Can anyone
- >>help?
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- > The "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" bit is reminiscent
- >of a line from one of the poems in "Lord of the Rings".
-
- [ The wrong bit wot I wrote, talking about Earendil. ]
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- > Don't you just hate it when your memory goes on holiday and
- >you can't remember something you used to know?
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- You've probably seen Nick Leverton's post on this subject by
- now. Absolutely right. It is part of "The Road Goes Ever On and On".
-
- Mind you, I was right that it was spoken by Bilbo in "The Lord
- of the Rings" though. Honest! Leastways, I _think_ it was Bilbo! :-)
-
- Ade.
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