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For questions about the author, J. R. R. Tolkien. For questions about his works set in his Legendarium use [tolkiens-legendarium] and any other relevant tags. For questions about any of his other works use the appropriate tag/s.
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Did Tolkien create any characters based on people he knew?
Tom Bombadil was named after Tolkien's son's doll.
E.g. from here:
Tom Bombadil was originally a Dutch doll also belonging to Michael Tolkien. John, his brother, put the doll down a lavatory. Bom …
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Did Tolkien create any characters based on people he knew?
Did Tolkien create any characters based on people he knew?
He did indeed create some which were very obviously modelled on his own family. Not in the Middle-Earth legendarium, but since neither t …
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Has Tolkien ever commented on the relative leadership skills of prominent Middle-earth figures?
If we look at some of the prominent figures in Middle-earth at the time of the War of the Ring:
Théoden
Denethor
Aragorn
Elrond
Gandalf
All of these are 'leaders' of one form or another, but some ar …
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Did Tolkien create any characters based on people he knew?
Treebeard's voice was based on that of Tolkien's good friend C.S. Lewis.
From Humphrey Carpenter's J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, p. 258:
When work was resumed, Tolkien drew up outlines for the end of …
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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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In Tolkien's opinion, does Tom Bombadil (and the concept of pacifism) actually hold any power?
Tolkien felt that Bombadil represented an important concept in the story, but that he was essentially useless in defeating evil as represented by Sauron.
Here you have it from the horse's mouth. I'm …
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How clear is it that Tolkien chose the 25th of March for the downfall of Sauron because of i... [duplicate]
The downfall of Sauron and the end of the War of the Ring occurred on the 25th of March in the year 3019 of the Third Age. Many scholars and critics have speculated that Tolkien chose this date specif …
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What was the first story set in or about Middle Earth that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote?
The Hobbit was the first to be published.
The first-published of Tolkien's works set in Middle-Earth was The Hobbit, which was written in the early 1930s (finished by 1932) and published in September …
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Who wrote Tolkien's riddles?
In The Hobbit chapter 5, Riddles in the Dark, were the riddles composed by Tolkien himself? I always assumed either that they were, since he seemed to have a knack for writing poetry, or that they wer …
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Was Tolkien the first to invent languages purely for fictional works?
Imaginary languages are now par for the course in fantasy literature: sometimes called something like 'the old tongue' or 'the ancient language', sometimes the languages of different types of being or …
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Does a transcription of Tolkien's handwriting in this image exist? (Part 2)
Transcribed by hand
"That's that!" said Sam. What we I expected. And I don't like it. I suppose now we are just exactly where he wanted to bring us. Well, let's get moving away as quick as we can. …
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