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  2. Tolkien fan fiction - Wikipedia

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    Anna Smol notes that the "enormous outpouring of fan fiction and fan art" has greatly increased discussion of sexuality in The Lord of the Rings. [12] Tolkien's account of the male intimacy between Frodo and Sam, mirroring his wartime experience of the officer-batman relationship, has, Smol writes, "provoke[d] an active engagement with the ...

  3. Tolkien's maps - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien's design for his son Christopher's contour map on graph paper with handwritten annotations, of parts of Gondor and Mordor and the route taken by the Hobbits with the One Ring, and dates along that route, for an enlarged map in The Return of the King [5] Detail of finished contour map by Christopher Tolkien, drawn from his father's graph paper design.

  4. Works inspired by Tolkien - Wikipedia

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    Rowling's Harry Potter series has been seen as having been influenced by Tolkien's work; in particular, the wizard Dumbledore has been described as partially inspired by Tolkien's Gandalf. [40] S.M. Stirling's "Emberverse" series, published starting in 2004, includes a character obsessed with The Lord of the Rings who creates a post-apocalyptic ...

  5. Witch-king of Angmar - Wikipedia

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    The Lord of the Nazgûl, also called the Witch-king of Angmar, the Pale King, or Black Captain, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. He was one of the Nine among Men that the dark lord Sauron gave Rings of Power , becoming Nazgûl or Ringwraiths.

  6. One Ring - Wikipedia

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    The One Ring, also called the Ruling Ring and Isildur's Bane, is a central plot element in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). It first appeared in the earlier story The Hobbit (1937) as a magic ring that grants the wearer invisibility .

  7. The Atlas of Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    It provides many maps at different levels of detail, from whole lands to cities and individual buildings, and of major events like the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The maps are grouped by period, namely the First, Second, and Third Ages of Middle-earth, with chapters on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A final chapter looks at geographic ...

  8. Tolkien fandom - Wikipedia

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    Foster attributes the surge of Tolkien fandom in the United States of the mid-1960s to a combination of the hippie subculture and anti-war movement pursuing "mellow freedom like that of the Shire" and "America's cultural Anglophilia" of the time, fuelled by a bootleg paperback version of The Lord of the Rings published by Ace Books followed up by an authorised edition by Ballantine Books. [8]

  9. Elves in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Elves are skilful horse-riders, riding without saddle or bridle, though Tolkien was inconsistent on this point. [2] The archer Legolas Greenleaf, here portrayed by Orlando Bloom in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, is the archetypal elf in that story. [3] Tolkien created many languages for his Elves.