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Re:New Tolkien book, The Fall of Númenor, to be published by alpaca128 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:27AM (#31846742)
Of course many want this. Which is why this kind of cash-grab works in the first place.
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Re:New Tolkien book, The Fall of Númenor, to be published by bowsamic on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:21AM (#31847529)
So the Lord of the Rings was also a cash grab based on the success of the Hobbit? That's a strange idea
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Re:New Tolkien book, The Fall of Númenor, to be published by bombcar on Thursday June 23, 2022 @08:22AM (#31848015)
What’s funny is the publishers asked for another Hobbit, and Tolkien even started writing one (the early chapters have a more hobbity tone with thinking foxes, etc) but then went in a completely different direction and depth.
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