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  ‘Fellowship’ Published 55 Years Ago Today

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

  On July 19th, 1954, 55 years ago today, The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, was published in London. The book was published in three volumes (instead of JRR Tolkien’s preferred seven) over the course of more than a year

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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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