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<blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 2782094" data-attributes="member: 33035">Clocks, door bells, fireworks, and umbrellas aren't really anachronisms in a fantasy world.&nbsp; They've all existed, or easily could have, for a thousand years or more.&nbsp; Tolkien didn't originally plan the Hobbit to be set in the fantasy world he had been creating for many years.&nbsp; It was meant to be a one shot fantasy story.&nbsp; When he wrote LotR he decided to go ahead and set it in his created world.&nbsp; The elves in the Hobbit appear childish and out of place compared to Tolkien's other works.&nbsp; I don't blame Tolkien for wishing he'd changed the Hobbit more as it and LotR are the only works set in Arda that were published before his death.Edit:&nbsp; Several phone calls kept me from getting my post in earlier so I didn't see jester47's last post.&nbsp; I can understand Tolkien feeling the use of the word elf made too many people think of the wrong thing.&nbsp; I find it ironic that Tolkien's elves are now at least as iconic as the fairy/sprite variety.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rykion, post: 2782094, member: 33035"] Clocks, door bells, fireworks, and umbrellas aren't really anachronisms in a fantasy world. They've all existed, or easily could have, for a thousand years or more. Tolkien didn't originally plan the Hobbit to be set in the fantasy world he had been creating for many years. It was meant to be a one shot fantasy story. When he wrote LotR he decided to go ahead and set it in his created world. The elves in the Hobbit appear childish and out of place compared to Tolkien's other works. I don't blame Tolkien for wishing he'd changed the Hobbit more as it and LotR are the only works set in Arda that were published before his death. Edit: Several phone calls kept me from getting my post in earlier so I didn't see jester47's last post. I can understand Tolkien feeling the use of the word elf made too many people think of the wrong thing. I find it ironic that Tolkien's elves are now at least as iconic as the fairy/sprite variety. [/QUOTE]

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