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a4ea6aa
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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tolkien
gamgee
samwise
hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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beaa5d0
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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tolkien
travel
wander
shine
wanderlust
journey
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0ba00a7
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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tolkien
bad-reviews
boring
opinions
reviews
complain
lotr
literary-criticism
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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f82ed0d
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But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
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tolkien
Éowyn
middle-earth
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a54f590
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Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the harp on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the deadwood burning, Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?
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tolkien
theoden
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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63e539b
|
His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b978e29
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There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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tolkien
inspirational
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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ae9d377
|
"The man once wrote: Tolkien had that one mostly right. I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle."
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tolkien
humor
subtlety
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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eaf3341
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He [Bilbo] used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.' . . .
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tolkien
middle-earth
frodo
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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c916492
|
You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours - closer than you yourself keep it. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo. Anyway: there it is. We know most of what Gandalf has told you. We know a good deal about the ring. We are horribly afraid-but we are coming with you; or following you like hounds.
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tolkien
true-love
friendship
middle-earth
frodo
merry
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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be7c035
|
"Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles. "May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks," answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply."
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tolkien
hobbit
farewell
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b40fd34
|
"I wonder if people will ever say, "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring." And they'll say, "Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?" "Yes, m'boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot."
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tolkien
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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7e77ed2
|
His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.
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tolkien
smaug
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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464f7e5
|
Bilbo's Last Song Day is ended, dim my eyes, But journey long before me lies. Farewell, friends! I hear the call. The ship's beside the stony wall. Foam is white and waves are grey; Beyond the sunset leads my way. Foam is salt, the wind is free; I hear the rising of the Sea. Farewell, friends! The sails are set, The wind is east, the moorings fret. Shadows long before me lie, Beneath the ever-bending sky, But islands lie behind the Sun That I shall raise ere all is done; Lands there are to west of West, Where night is quiet and sleep is rest. Guided by the Lonely Star, Beyond the utmost harbour-bar, I'll find the heavens fair and free, And beaches of the Starlit Sea. Ship, my ship! I seek the West, And fields and mountains ever blest. Farewell to Middle-earth at last. I see the Star above my mast!
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tolkien
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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9a65c5e
|
And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.
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tolkien
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6292ac8
|
No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades.
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tolkien
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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cfc0b98
|
"Then as he had kept watch Sam had noticed that at times a light seemed to be shining faintly within; but now the light was even clearer and stronger. Frodo's face was peaceful, the marks of fear and care had left it; but it looked old, old and beautiful, as if the chiseling of the shaping years was now revealed in many fine lines that had before been hidden, though the identity of the face was not changed. Not that Sam Gamgee put it that way to himself. He shook his head, as if finding words useless, and murmured: "I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no."
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tolkien
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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8104d66
|
I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again.
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tolkien
shire
frodo
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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dac38b7
|
"Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in front of the hidden Dwarf door to Moria. Remember when . . . I sighed. Sometimes my inner monologue annoys even me. "Edro, edro," I muttered. "Open." I rubbed at the bridge of my nose and ventured, "Mellon." Nothing happened. The wards stayed. I guessed the Corpsetaker had never read Tolkien. Tasteless bitch." --
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tolkien
harry-dresden
|
Jim Butcher |
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c045e84
|
How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep.
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tolkien
fantasy
lotr
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6107e57
|
Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. 'My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command?
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tolkien
faramir
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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e50f10a
|
If you took this thing on yourself, unwilling, at others' asking, then you have pity and honour from me. And I marvel at you: to keep it hid and not to use it. You are a new people and a new world to me. Are all your kin of like sort? Your land must be a realm of peace and content, and there must gardners be in high hounour.
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tolkien
middle-earth
frodo
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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d2e4b24
|
"Under the Mountain dark and tall The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread, And ever so his foes shall fall. The sword is sharp, the spear is long, The arrow swift, the Gate is strong; The heart is bold that looks on gold; The dwarves no more shall suffer wrong. The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fells like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep,
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tolkien
song
hobbit
dwarves
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a8ae642
|
"Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you."
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tolkien
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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20128eb
|
But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while they still endure for eyes to see, are ever their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song.
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tolkien
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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8b74469
|
He was tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgul, endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies, so hard and resistant to hurt that he went only in light shoes over rock or through snow, the most tireless of all the Fellowship.
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tolkien
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b6083d6
|
Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness...
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tolkien
true-love
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
hobbits
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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1667377
|
Your talk of sniffling riders with invisible noses has unsettled me.
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tolkien
pippin
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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87a632c
|
He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found them a place to live, a green alternative to each day's madness here in a poisoned world. We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.
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tolkien
inspirational
|
Peter S. Beagle |
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aa6c613
|
But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only a shadow in the waters that was soon lost in the West. There he stood far into the night, hearing only the sigh and murmur of the waves on the shores of Middle-Earth, and the sound of them sank deep into his heart.
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tolkien
sam-gamgee
middle-earth
|
J. R. R. Tolkien |
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a144c94
|
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell. - Thorin
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tolkien
middle-earth
the-hobbit
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a815f87
|
But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth. We have come from God (continued Tolkien), and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming a 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil. You mean, asked Lewis, that the story of Christ is simply a true myth, a myth that works on us in the same way as the others, but a myth that really happened? In that case, he said, I begin to understand.
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myth
tolkien
splintered-light
sub-creator
myths
true-myth
christ
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Humphrey Carpenter |
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ac5dfda
|
My name is growing all the time, and I've lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to.
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tolkien
the-two-towers
language
name
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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b4a4de7
|
"Gandalf and Pippin came to Merry's room, and there they found Aragorn standing by the bed. 'Poor old Merry!' cried Pippin, and he ran to the bedside, for it seemed to him that his friend looked worse and a greyness in his face, as if a weight of years and sorrow lay upon him; and suddenly a fear seized Pippin that Merry would die. 'Do not be afraid,' Aragorn said, 'I came in time, and I have called him back. He is weary now, and grieved, and he has taken a hurt like the lady Eowyn, daring to smite that deadly thing. But these evils can be amended, so strong and gay a spirit is in him. His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.' Then Aragorn laid his hand on Merry's head, and passing his hand gently through the brown curls , he touched the eyelids, and called him by name. And when the fragrance of athelas stole through the room, like the scent of orchards, and of heather in the sunshine full of bees, suddenly Merry awoke, and he said: 'I am hungry. What is the time?' 'Past supper-time now,' said Pippin; 'though I daresay I could bring you something, if they will let me.' 'They will indeed," said Gandalf, . 'And anything else that this Rider of Rohan may desire, if it can be found in Minas Tirith, where his name is in honour." 'Good!' said Merry. 'Then I would like supper first, and after that a pipe."
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tolkien
athelas
riders-of-rohan
return-of-the-king
meriadoc-brandybuck
merry-brandybuck
peregrin-took
pippin-took
pippin
gandalf
merry
pipe
j-r-r-tolkien
rohan
supper
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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9d43944
|
"Did he say:"Hullo,Pippin!This is a pleasant surprise!"?No,indeed!He said:"Get up,you tom-fool of a Took!Where,in the name of wonder,in all this ruin is Treebeard?I want him.Quick" -Pippin Took"
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tolkien
two-towers
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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3bff32b
|
These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways that we can.
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tolkien
deforestation
earth-first
ecocide
peta
vegetarianism
vegan
vegetarian
meat
environment
ecology
elves
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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9bad6b8
|
Tres Anillos para los Reyes Elfos bajo el cielo. Siete para los Senores Enanos en palacios de piedra. Nueve para los Hombres Mortales condenados a morir. Uno para el Senor Oscuro, sobre el trono oscuro en la Tierra de Mordor donde se extienden las Sombras. Un Anillo para gobernarlos a todos. Un Anillo para encontrarlos, un Anillo para atraerlos a todos y atarlos en las tinieblas en la Tierra de Mordor donde se extienden las Sombras.
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tolkien
spanish
el-señor-de-los-anillos
one-ring
the-lord-of-the-rings
español
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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a99fed4
|
Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.
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tolkien
motivational
inspirational
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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45ade09
|
Goodbye, master, my dear! Forgive your Sam. He'll come back to this spot when the job's done - if he manages it. And then he'll not leave you again. Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you! And if the Lady could hear me and give me one wish, I would wish to come back and find you again. Good bye!
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tolkien
true-love
middle-earth
sam
lord-of-the-rings
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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0e983cb
|
J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the hobbits in an inn, and Tolkien was in despair. He didn't know who Strider was, where the book was going, or what to write next. Strider turns out to be no lesser person than Aragorn, the unrecognized and uncrowned king of all the forces of good, whose restoration to rule is, along with the destruction of the evil ring, the engine that moves the plot of the whole massive trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.
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tolkien
motivation
strider
character-building
writing-books
plot
fiction-writing
lord-of-the-rings
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Ansen Dibell |
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056c480
|
Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?
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tolkien
books
fellowship-of-the-ring
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6bcafa0
|
No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate.
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tolkien
true-love
middle-earth
sam
lord-of-the-rings
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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227a90b
|
You are a set of deceitful scoundrels! But bless you! I give in. I will take Gildor's advice. If the danger were not so dark, I should dance for joy. Even so, I cannot help feeling happy; happier than I have felt for a long time.
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tolkien
middle-earth
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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fcd18f7
|
?A que le temeis, Senora?-le pregunto Aragorn. -A una jaula. A vivir encerrada detras de barrotes, hasta que la costumbre y la vejez acepten el cautiverio, y la posibilidad y aun el deseo de llevar a cabo grandes hazanas se hayan perdido para siempre.
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tolkien
lord-of-the-rings
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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fdc16d7
|
All medieval and classic cultures of the ancient world, including those on which Tolkien modeled his elves, routinely exposed their young and marriageable women to the fortunes of war, because bearing and raising the next generation of warriors is not needed for equality-loving elves. Equality-loving elves. Who are monarchists. With a class system. Of ranks. Battles are more fun when attractive young women are dismembered and desecrated by goblins! I believe that this is one point where C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and all Christian fantasy writers from before World War Two were completely agreed upon, and it is a point necessary in order correctly to capture the mood and tone and nuance of the medieval romances or Norse sagas such writers were straining their every artistic nerve and sinew to create. So, wait, we have an ancient and ageless society of elves where the virgin maidens go off to war, but these same virgin maidens must abide by the decision of their father or liege lord for permission to marry? -- The Desolation of Tolkien
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tolkien
peter-jackson
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John C. Wright |
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e566a4f
|
Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.
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tolkien
middle-earth
wishing
wish
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b9cddac
|
"Frodo gave a cry, and there was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing like a mad thing, held aloft the ring, a finger still thrust within its circle. "Precious, precious, precious!" Gollum cried. "My Precious! O my Precious!" And with that, even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell. Out of the depths came his last wail precious, and he was gone."
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tolkien
mad
danc
mount-doom
the-one-ring-j-r-r-tolkien
finger
ring
frodo-baggins
samwise-gamgee
the-lord-of-the-rings
the-return-of-the-king
cry
gollum
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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8de2c6c
|
And in that very moment, away behind in some far corner of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed reckoning nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
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tolkien
inspirational
shadow-of-death
dawn
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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3e5a84d
|
The cry that 'fantasy is escapist' compared to the novel is only an echo of the older cry that novels are 'escapist' compared with biography, and to both cries one should make the same answer: that freedom to invent outweighs loyalty to mere happenstance, the accidents of history; and good readers should know how to filter a general applicability from a particular story.
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tolkien
fiction
writing
tom-shippey
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Tom Shippey |
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390cbe9
|
I will not give you counsel, saying do this, or do that. For not in doing or contriving, nor in choosing between this course and another, can I avail; but only in knowing what was and is, and in part also what shall be.
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tolkien
lotr
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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40828c3
|
Grief is a hone to a hard mind.
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|
tolkien
mind
hone
middle-earth
mind-power
overcoming
power
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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b1137dd
|
He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a long while. He thought of himself frying bacon and eggs in his own kitchen at home - for he could feel inside that it was high time for some meal or other; but that only made him miserabler.
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tolkien
funny
miserabler
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
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f214f4b
|
"When I say "narrative", I do not mean simply the plot, I mean considerably more. Plots and their shapes--the bare outlines of stories--were something I know J.R.R. Tolkien himself was interested in. When I was an undergraduate, I went to a course of lectures he gave on the subject--at least, I think that was the subject, because Tolkien was all but inaudible. He evidently hated lecturing, and I suspect he also hated giving his thoughts away."
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tolkien
|
Diana Wynne Jones |
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60285fa
|
Don't put a lump of rock under my elbow again!
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tolkien
two-towers
rock
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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6451469
|
As a lord was held for the strength of his body and stoutness of heart. Much lore he learned, and loved wisdom but fortune followed him in few desires; oft wrong and awry what he wrought turned; what he loved he lost, what he longed for he won not; and full friendship he found not easily, nor was lightly loved for his looks were sad. He was gloom-hearted, and glad seldom for the sundering sorrow that filled his youth... (On Turin Turambar - The Children of Hurin)
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tolkien
tragedy
|
J.R.R. Tolkien |
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308cced
|
"Slowly the lights of the torches in front of Merry flicked and went out, and he was walking in a darkness; and he thought: 'This is a tunnel leading to a tomb; there we shall stay forever.' But suddenly into his dream there fell a living voice. 'Well, Merry! Thank goodness I have found you!' He looked up and the mist before his eyes cleared a little. There was Pippin! They were face to face in a narrow lane, but for themselves it was empty. He rubbed his eyes. 'Where is the king?' He said. 'And Eowyn?' Then he stumbled and sat down on a doorstep and began to weep again. 'They must have gone up into the Citadel,' said Pippin. 'I think you must have fallen asleep on your feet and taken the wrong turning. When we found out you were not with them, Gandalf sent me to look for you. Poor old Merry! How glad I am to see you again! But you are worn out, and I won't bother you with any talk. But tell me, are you hurt, or wounded?' 'No,' said Merry. 'Well, no, I don't think so. But I can't use my right arm, Pippin, not since I stabbed him. And my sword burned away like a piece of wood.' Pippin's face was anxious. 'Well, you had better come with me as quick as you can,' he said. 'I wish I could carry you. You aren't fit to walk any further. They shouldn't have let you walk at all; but you must forgive them. So many dreadful things have happened in the City, Merry, that one poor hobbit coming in from battle is easily overlooked.' 'It's not always a misfortune being overlooked,' said Merry. 'I was overlooked just now by--no, no, I can't speak of it. Help me, Pippin! It's all going dark again, and my arm is so cold.' 'Lean on me, Merry lad!" said Pippin. 'Come now. Foot by foot. It's not far.' 'Are you going to bury me?' said Merry. 'No, indeed!' said Pippin, trying to sound cheerful, though his heart was wrung with fear and pity. 'No, we are going to the Houses of Healing."
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tolkien
peregrin
the-returm-of-the-king
theoden
witch-king-of-angmar
Éowyn
meriadoc
meriadoc-brandybuck
merry-brandybuck
peregrin-took
pippin-took
pippin
hobbits
merry
the-lord-of-the-rings
j-r-r-tolkien
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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edc3eaa
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It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two, Master Warden,' answered Eowyn. 'And those who have not swords can still die upon them.
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tolkien
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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91c9fd0
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That's done it! Now I've rung the front-door bell!
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tolkien
middle-earth
sam
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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75f030c
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No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazon.
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tolkien
simarillion
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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8f677b9
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"Hullo!" said Merry. "So that's what is bothering you? Now, Pippin my lad, don't forget Gildor's saying--the one Sam used to quote: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." "But our whole life for months has been one long meddling in the affairs of Wizards," said Pippin. "I should like a bit of information as well as danger. I should like a look at that ball." "Go to sleep!" said Merry. "You'll get information enough, sooner or later. My dear Pippin, no Took ever beat a Brandybuck for inquisitiveness; but is it this time, I ask you?" "All right! What's the harm in my telling you what I should like: a look at that stone? I know I can't have it, with old Gandalf sitting on it, like a hen on an egg. But it doesn't help much to get no more from you than a you-can't-have-it-so-go-to-sleep!" "Well, what else could I say?" said Merry. "I'm sorry, Pippin, but you really must wait till the morning. I'll be as curious as you like after breakfast, and I'll help you in any way I can at wizard-wheedling. But I can't keep awake any longer. If I yawn any more, I shall split at the ears. Good night!"
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sleep
tolkien
gildor
meriadoc-branybuck
merry-brandybuck
peregrin-took
pippin-took
the-two-towers
hobbits
the-lord-of-the-rings
j-r-r-tolkien
wizards
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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50f504f
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They made for his noise far quicker than he had expected. They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever like being called Attercop, and Tomnoddy of course, is insulting to anybody.
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tolkien
humour
spiders
insults-and-slander
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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8fd6783
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Entre las historias de dolor y de ruina que nos llegaron de la oscuridad de aquel entonces, hay sin embargo algunas en las que en medio del llanto resplandece la alegria, y a la sombra de la muerte hay una luz que resiste...
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tolkien
simarillion
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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d2cecc3
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"Smeagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters,precious, eh, what's taters?" "Po-ta-toes!" said Sam." --
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tolkien
sméagol
potatoes
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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043142d
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However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses!
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tolkien
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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dd1fbdf
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!Es que no soy ningun hombre viviente! Lo que tus ojos ven es una mujer. Soy Eowyn hija de Eomund. Pretendes impedir que me acerque a mi senor y pariente. !Vete de aqui si no eres una criatura inmortal! Porque vivo o espectro oscuro, te traspasare con mi espada si lo tocas!
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tolkien
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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643a27a
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For Tolkien, Catholicism was not an opinion to which one subscribed but a reality to which one submitted. Quite simply, pseudo-psychology aside, Tolkien remained a Catholic for the simple if disarming reason that he believed Catholicism was true.
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tolkien
j-r-r-tolkien
catholicism
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Joseph Pearce |
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3f34ef3
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Did you know, ji,' Zulu offered, 'that the map of Tolkien's Middle earth fits quite well over central England and Wales? Maybe all fairylands are right here, in our midst.
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tolkien
fairytale
wales
england
lord-of-the-rings
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Salman Rushdie |
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c164cfb
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While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.
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tolkien
persistence
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Tom Shippey |
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d3d858e
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In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; and they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost. They dwelt most often by the edges of the woods, from which they could escape at times to hunt, or to ride and run over the open lands by moonlight or starlight; and after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk. Still elves they were and remain, and that is Good People.
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tolkien
hobbit
lord-of-the-rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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40ea440
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Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have all issued through the pipes of Greece. Deep and true as the native imagination can be, it seems to have failed here. It has stopped with the witches and the fairies. It cannot vivify one fraction of a summer field, or give names to half a dozen stars. England still waits for the supreme moment of her literature--for the great poet who shall voice her, or, better still for the thousand little poets whose voices shall pass into our common talk.
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tolkien
poetry
witches
fairies
myths
mythology
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E. M. Forster |
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59d1f9f
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Those of the Elven-race that lived still in Middle-earth waned and faded, and Men usurped the sunlight. Then the Quendi wandered in the lonely places of the great lands and the isles, and took to the moonlight and the starlight, and to the woods and caves, becoming as shadows and memories, save those who ever and anon set sail into the West and vanished from Middle-earth.
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tolkien
middle-earth
first-age
quendi
fading
endings
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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4f0a587
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Non puoi passare - disse. Gli Orchi tacquero, e si fece un silenzio di morte - Sono un servitore del Fuoco Segreto, e reggo la fiamma di Anor. Non puoi passare. A nulla ti servira il fuoco oscuro, fiamma di Udun. Torna nell'Ombra! Non puoi passare
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tolkien
khazad-dum
la-compagnia-dell-anello
the-fellowship-of-the-ring
italiano
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J R R Tolkien |
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ed6e966
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"Tolkien came to regard the tale of Beren and Tinuviel as 'the first example of the motive (to become dominant in Hobbits) that the great policies of world history, "the wheels of the world", are often turned not by the Lords and Governors, even gods, but by the seemingly unknown and weak'. Such a worldview is inherent in the fairy-tale (and Christian) idea of the happy ending in which the dispossessed are restored to joy; but perhaps Tolkien was also struck by the way it had been borne out in the Great War, when ordinary people stepped out of ordinary lives to carry the fate of nations."
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tolkien
fantasy
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John Garth |
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f9f7e96
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Sometimes it's beautiful and we fall in love with all that story. Even after a thousand pages we don't want to leave the world the writer has made for us, or the make-believe people who live there. You wouldn't leave after two thousand pages, if there were two thousand. The Rings trilogy of J.R.R.Tolkien is a perfect example of this. A thousand pages of hobbits hasn't been enough for three generations of post-World War II fantasy fans; even when you add in that clumsy, galumphing dirigible of an epilogue, The Silmarillion, it hasn't been enough. Hence Terry Brooks, Piers Anthony, Robert Jordan, the questing rabbits of Watership Down, and half a hundred others. The writers of these books are creating the hobbits they still love and pine for; they are trying to bring Frodo and Sam back from the Grey Havens because Tolkien is no longer around to do it for them.
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tolkien
writing
hobbits
lotr
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Stephen King |