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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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Rotated Canonical Direction Analysis of The Hobbit’s “Wilderland” Map
Or: How Tolkien walked around map tables. Sooo, what did I see in THIS one? Quite a bit actually, and it’s quite scattered, but hear me out. To make this simpler, I’m going to avoid the big reveal, and just show you where I think Tolkien got the idea for the design of this map. Continue reading
Unsupported Speculation 