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A comment on Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered in copy of Lord of the Rings. Parent comment

Re:Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered in cop... by mmanfrin on Friday October 23, 2015 @04:09PM (#10441015)
There is a decent nerdwriter video on worldbuilding (and he talks about Tolkien's masterly production of the world of Middle Earth):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA6MQHNM2yE

I don't fully agree with the thesis of the video, but it's a worthy watch and well reasoned argument.

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Re:Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered in cop... by ldd on Friday October 23, 2015 @11:07PM (#10442263)
That was a very interesting video. Could you tell us why you disagree with the video's thesis?
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Re:Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth discovered in cop... by mmanfrin on Sunday October 25, 2015 @01:54PM (#10447661)
Mainly because I really enjoy immersing myself in the lore of a story/book/series, even at the expense of the story :]
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