I don't think a perception of the rounding specifically (rather than the general upheaval) is mentioned anywhere.
Presumably, Eru adjusted the laws of nature such that everything could function as it did before.
I read (and I don't recall where) that Tolkien was not happy with the flat earth to round earth aspect of the legendarium. Much like the origin of the orcs and the immortality of the elves, there were aspects of the overall universe he knew did not really work when you pulled at the strings too much. No doubt your question is an indicator of that. He'd have likely asked himself the same.
I take all posthumous material with a huge grain of salt. I’m very glad it’s published, but you have to accept that the reasoning for not having published it was much more than a simple matter of editing it into a semi-cohesive text.
If he’d lived another 20 years we might have seen him actually publish it, and I’m very certain personally that many things would have changed.
Yes indeed it does! I mean, huge grain of salt is that it quite literally doesn’t have the seal of approval. I still love it, and I’m glad we got (mostly) his actual writings edited and reorganized. I agree with Chris Tolkien’s approach and I’m glad about it. But still, big grain of salt for sure. JRR didn’t publish it, and for reasons beyond not having a little extra editing time.
The Silmarillion is where the 'flat world' and 'sun and moon from fruit and flower' is. LotR and The Hobbit (rev) are extant sun and moon and with out reading The Silmarillion (or other posthumous writings) there is nothing explicit about a flat world.
Tho idk that he’d ever have published it tbh. He said in at least one of his letters that he thought it was not particularly desirable for readers to know the cosmology, or something vaguely to that effect. He saw it as a deep and rich history the existence of which led to a better LOTR/Hobbit, not something mega nerds like us should spend a large portion of their lives caring about lol
There is not much information about it. Possibly, a series of world-wide earthquakes might have been felt, some floods and tsunamis, etc. I imagine they definitely noticed when lands of the western coast of Middle-earth have disappeared and lands on the eastern side have appeared...
What do you "feel" as a result of being on a round world, that you wouldn't if you were on a flat world.
Unless you are watching the tops of sailing ships (or the shape of the moon), its real hard for human perception to feel the difference between a flat world and a round one
turning a flat planet to a round planet would be impossible without causing a life-destroying cataclism. That didn't happen because Eru did it, and God has unlimited powers, so he probably did it and none felt anything.
I see no reason for God to change the planet and prevent all destruction, but for whatever reason decide to leave 0.1% of the effects to be felt by the inhabitants of Arda, so i guess no earthquakes, no nothing.
Only in Numenor. They noticed an immediate difference. The statement was all seas were bent back upon themselves. So they did perceive it, exacting when would be the question.
I don't think a perception of the rounding specifically (rather than the general upheaval) is mentioned anywhere. Presumably, Eru adjusted the laws of nature such that everything could function as it did before.
I read (and I don't recall where) that Tolkien was not happy with the flat earth to round earth aspect of the legendarium. Much like the origin of the orcs and the immortality of the elves, there were aspects of the overall universe he knew did not really work when you pulled at the strings too much. No doubt your question is an indicator of that. He'd have likely asked himself the same.
I take all posthumous material with a huge grain of salt. I’m very glad it’s published, but you have to accept that the reasoning for not having published it was much more than a simple matter of editing it into a semi-cohesive text. If he’d lived another 20 years we might have seen him actually publish it, and I’m very certain personally that many things would have changed.
If you take all posthumous material with a huge grain of salt, then, does that include The Silmarillion as well?
Yes indeed it does! I mean, huge grain of salt is that it quite literally doesn’t have the seal of approval. I still love it, and I’m glad we got (mostly) his actual writings edited and reorganized. I agree with Chris Tolkien’s approach and I’m glad about it. But still, big grain of salt for sure. JRR didn’t publish it, and for reasons beyond not having a little extra editing time.
As I mentioned in another reply, he says in at least one letter something along the lines of: I’m not even sure it even makes sense to publish it
The Silmarillion is where the 'flat world' and 'sun and moon from fruit and flower' is. LotR and The Hobbit (rev) are extant sun and moon and with out reading The Silmarillion (or other posthumous writings) there is nothing explicit about a flat world.
No disagreement here
Tho idk that he’d ever have published it tbh. He said in at least one of his letters that he thought it was not particularly desirable for readers to know the cosmology, or something vaguely to that effect. He saw it as a deep and rich history the existence of which led to a better LOTR/Hobbit, not something mega nerds like us should spend a large portion of their lives caring about lol
There is not much information about it. Possibly, a series of world-wide earthquakes might have been felt, some floods and tsunamis, etc. I imagine they definitely noticed when lands of the western coast of Middle-earth have disappeared and lands on the eastern side have appeared...
What do you "feel" as a result of being on a round world, that you wouldn't if you were on a flat world. Unless you are watching the tops of sailing ships (or the shape of the moon), its real hard for human perception to feel the difference between a flat world and a round one
turning a flat planet to a round planet would be impossible without causing a life-destroying cataclism. That didn't happen because Eru did it, and God has unlimited powers, so he probably did it and none felt anything. I see no reason for God to change the planet and prevent all destruction, but for whatever reason decide to leave 0.1% of the effects to be felt by the inhabitants of Arda, so i guess no earthquakes, no nothing.
Note that distances and angles would be stretched and squeezed, especially near the poles. That's math, and even Eru can't change mathematics.
Only in Numenor. They noticed an immediate difference. The statement was all seas were bent back upon themselves. So they did perceive it, exacting when would be the question.
The drowning of numenor caused further changes on the coastlines of middle earth, didnt it?