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Also, I'd like to note the following: Foster's entry provides the reference Z 9/12/65. In the list of references, Z refers to information by Dick Plotz and the are obviously one of the dates 12 September 1965 or 9 December 1965. It's surprising that 12 September 1965 is the exact date of Tolkien's [[Letter 276]] to Dick Plotz. I looked to see whether the text of the letter makes any reference to the Valar or the Riddle Game, but there is nothing about it!! [[User:Sage|Sage]] 18:58, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
Also, I'd like to note the following: Foster's entry provides the reference Z 9/12/65. In the list of references, Z refers to information by Dick Plotz and the are obviously one of the dates 12 September 1965 or 9 December 1965. It's surprising that 12 September 1965 is the exact date of Tolkien's [[Letter 276]] to Dick Plotz. I looked to see whether the text of the letter makes any reference to the Valar or the Riddle Game, but there is nothing about it!! [[User:Sage|Sage]] 18:58, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
:Was this letter to Plotz published in its entirety?--[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 21:26, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

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I'd like to say that the context of that phrase seemed to refer rather to the historians and the loremasters who studied the Red Book as "Authorities". I was surprised to read that the Prologue meant the Valar. Sage 18:31, 14 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Also, I'd like to note the following: Foster's entry provides the reference Z 9/12/65. In the list of references, Z refers to information by Dick Plotz and the are obviously one of the dates 12 September 1965 or 9 December 1965. It's surprising that 12 September 1965 is the exact date of Tolkien's Letter 276 to Dick Plotz. I looked to see whether the text of the letter makes any reference to the Valar or the Riddle Game, but there is nothing about it!! Sage 18:58, 14 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Was this letter to Plotz published in its entirety?--Morgan 21:26, 14 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]