“Sarumans of the real world rule by deluding their followers with images of a technological Paradise in the future, a modernist Utopia; but what one often gets (and this has become only more relevant since Tolkien wrote and since he died) are the blasted landscapes of Eastern Europe, strip-mined, polluted, and even radioactive.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
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Tom Shippey
Tom Shippey is a British scholar known for his research on J.R.R. Tolkien's works. His studies encompass various aspects of Tolkien's literature, history, and mythology. more
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