Our time is the age before the First Age, I believe--there are references.
I don't know. I mean, it's better to have an explanation than not, but it still is borrowing from Tolkien at the end of the day, and I think it's a individual decision that varies among readers to say exactly when the metatextual references go too far for your comfort.
For instance, it's my personal belief that Jordan goes too damn far by half when he introduces the great tracker Hurin as "originating" in his story and being recycled into Middle-Earth only because he was present at the blowing of the Horn of Valere and thenceforth became one of the heroes reborn in every age. Other people don't have a problem with it/don't read the scene that way.
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Date: 2007-03-16 05:05 pm (UTC)I don't know. I mean, it's better to have an explanation than not, but it still is borrowing from Tolkien at the end of the day, and I think it's a individual decision that varies among readers to say exactly when the metatextual references go too far for your comfort.
For instance, it's my personal belief that Jordan goes too damn far by half when he introduces the great tracker Hurin as "originating" in his story and being recycled into Middle-Earth only because he was present at the blowing of the Horn of Valere and thenceforth became one of the heroes reborn in every age. Other people don't have a problem with it/don't read the scene that way.