According to my trusty Tolkien wall calendar, JRR Tolkien died 35 years ago today, on September 2, 1973.
We still miss you, John.
“Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.”
Gandalf, from The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien
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Of course, there is a darker side to his legacy as well.
Photos: The Periodic Tabloid
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pt dismal // September 5, 2008 at 11:19 am |
hiya kamper,
just watched “ringers: fan of the rings” last night, and i think some of these folks might’ve been in it. not as high-larious as i thought it would be, but worth checking out…..
ابوهاشم // October 7, 2008 at 5:14 am |
hi
my bigest dream live in far green country
but noway in the worled