Tolkien
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The Lord of the Rings and the Siege of Leningrad
This is just a short followup about something I noticed in the LOTR map. To begin with, let me show you the area of the map I am talking about: For starters, the Lord of the Rings was written after The Hobbit, and so Tolkien when drafting the map for LOTR did an interesting trick, Continue reading
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The Lord of the Rings and World War 2
I like maps. In fact, I like them so much that I’ve become aware of their potential to dangerously mislead as much by what they reveal as what they conceal. My love of maps stems from two formative experiences in my life. The first were the maps of J.R.R. Tolkien in his Middle Earth books. Continue reading