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I must have missed this on my first reading of the Alvin series, but just caught it last night, a year after the first read.
In "Alvin Journeyman," Alvin spent much of his imprisonment coming up with songs. Alvin had one such song that he said he thought might have been "a dream that belonged to somebody of ancient days, or maybe somebody who ain't even been born yet. Just a spare dream and I chanced to snag on it during my sleep."
The song was this:
quote: Alone with my imagining, I dreamt the darkest dream, Of tiny men, a spider's sting, And in a land of smoke and steam, An evil golden ring.
I can't believe I missed that the first go-round, but that's definitely a little homage to Tolkein. Kudos to you Mr. Card - I enjoyed the poem!
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Wow thats cool. I dont know why i have never noticed that when i have read The Lord of The Rings so many times before reading the Alvin books.
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Doh! In the acknowledgements for "Crystal City" Mr. Card says something like "if I could have Alvin dream up the plot of 'Lord of the Rings'..."
There we have it, folks.
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