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Which of his races did Tolkien draw?
This question isn't as broad as it might appear at first glance. I've seen drawings of dragons, Dwarves, Trolls, and Hobbits by Tolkien, and I'm primarily interested in only a few other races. He ...
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Where did J.R.R. Tolkien state that Arwen suggested that Frodo be allowed to sail West?
In The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter (assisted by Christopher Tolkien), footnote 94 states:
What is meant is that it was Arwen who first thought of sending Frodo into the West, ...
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What does Tolkien say about Ancalagon's physical appearance, especially his size?
Questions like this one dealing with Ancalagon in particular, and Middle-earth's dragons in general, clearly show that Ancalagon was ridiculously, absurdly, unimaginably enormous.
The non-canonical ...
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Did Tolkien deliberately place the Battle of the Pelennor Fields on the Ides of March?
I just realized that the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (aka the Battle of Minas Tirith) occurs on March 15th, or the infamous "Ides of March". The Ides of March was originally nothing more than a day ...
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Is "Lord of the Rings" a trilogy of books in Tolkien's opinion?
Is "Lord of the Rings" a trilogy of books?
It was published as 3 separate books, but can it be called a trilogy? Was it intended to be a trilogy by Tolkien himself?
The question arose in comment ...
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Did Tolkien think about language evolution when the speakers are immortal?
Tolkien, being a linguist, designed his fictional languages rather carefully. Quenya and Sindarin were closely related, having both descended from the primordial speech of the elves. Tolkien, of ...
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Did Tolkien ever state that The Hobbit was a children's book? [duplicate]
Many people just assume that simply because The Hobbit is a lighter story than LOTR and the Silmarillion, it's a children's story, but I don't believe Tolkien himself ever said it was made for ...
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How much of the Middle Earth universe had Tolkien invented when he wrote The Hobbit?
This question was inspired by a comment from Darth Satan.
The Hobbit is a very different sort of work from Lord of the Rings: written in a style more like a children's book and less like an epic saga....
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Does a transcription of Tolkien's handwriting in this image exist? (Part 2)
Following on the success we had transcribing the text in the image on this question, I am hoping that lightning will strike twice. This image contains far more text, and is even less legible. It ...
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Can any new information be canon if J.R.R. Tolkien is dead?
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the stories of the Middle-Earth and he has passed away, so can any new information be added to these stories without his approval?
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Did Tolkien originally intend to write a very different Lord of the Rings?
Lord of the Rings is a big story with a dramatic buildup. At first it seems like the quest would unfold in a The Hobbit-like manner, with an eclectic band on a journey of adventure, but the story gets ...
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What is Tolkien trying to say in this letter?
In a draft of a letter, later recorded as #246, Tolkien makes a strange statement. I am interested in the first few sentences of the letter, but I will include the remainder for the sake of context.
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Is there evidence that Tolkien intended to introduce racism/specism into Middle Earth?
As the answers come in at Was there racism in Middle-earth?? It's looking like there was racism/specism in middle earth.
Does Tolkien mention an intent to bring racism to Middle Earth? For example, ...
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Are there any specific examples in Lord of the Rings that are influenced by WWII?
I know that Tolkien is greatly influenced by folklore of many cultures and WWI directly. However, I wonder if there are any specific examples that show influence from WWII?
The best conjecture so far ...
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Where has Tolkien's Second Age material been published?
A new Tolkien collection, The Fall of Númenor, is due to be published in a few months. It will contain all of the second age material. I believe this will all be reprints. Aside from The Silmarillion ...
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