• papalonian@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    IIRC, he began writing another installment set in the 4th age, but abandoned it, because now that the main evils were dealt with, all that was left to happen was the world of men betraying each other, and it very quickly became a boring, depressing tale that just didn’t need to exist.

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      13 days ago

      “The New Shadow”. He wrote about 13 pages and discarded the idea for reasons you mention.

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      13 days ago

      So basically he was going to write game of thrones? Although he may have actually finished it…

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      12 days ago

      Introducing the newest Middle Earth installment: “Tom Bombadill Kicks the Shit Out of Everyone

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        12 days ago

        Wherein Tom Bombadil restores the balance of nature by skipping across the lands, singing ditties, and punching everyone in the nuts real hard.