"The main thing I think I will be left wondering about is the character name of Blahrog, was that an intentional play on Balrog but meant to be boring?"
I tend to doubt it. LOTR had not achieved its current cultural prevalence by 1961. "Blahrog" sounds vaguely Celtic ("Blarney" "Erin go bragh", etc), which fits the leprechaun motif.
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2020-05-05 11:02 am
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(Anonymous) 2020-05-05 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)I tend to doubt it. LOTR had not achieved its current cultural prevalence by 1961. "Blahrog" sounds vaguely Celtic ("Blarney" "Erin go bragh", etc), which fits the leprechaun motif.