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  Ten new year’s resolutions for fans of ‘The Lord of the Rings’

  12.31.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Whether you were introduced to Tolkien by Orlando Bloom’s shield-surfing antics, or if you have read The Lord of the Rings every summer since the 3rd grade (guilty), there is always more you can do to become the Tolkien superfan you have always aspired to be.

  Here are ten suggestions…

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  The final word on balrog “wings”

  10.01.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | 10 Comments

  …Likewise, we know for a fact that Tolkien’s balrogs did not have wings, for the same reason we know ents did not have wings – because Tolkien never said that they did. Let me repeat that – TOLKIEN NEVER SAID BALROGS HAD WINGS….

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