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Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings to procrastinate on the academic work he was supposed to be doing - Vox
Did JRR Tolkien change the second and third parts of the Lord of the Rings based on reaction to the first part? I'm told he had it all written before The Fellowship
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Rare first edition sets of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including a signed set, are up for auction at Sworders in Stansted
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What was the last piece of fiction J.R.R. Tolkien wrote before he died? Has it been published? - Quora
Did J.R.R. Tolkien ever intend on writing a sequel to The Hobbit and/or Lord of the Rings trilogy? If so, what was his original plan? - Quora
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