This post explaining the mind-blowing depth of ‘Lord of the Rings’ will give you a new appreciation for the beloved series

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There’s a reason modern fantasy writers, including Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, consider J. R R. Tolkien the father of modern fantasy. With Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Tolkien created a master class on highly-detailed world building. You may have already known that the many races of Middle Earth each had their own full-fledged languages and alphabets, and you may have known that he actually wrote those languages and alphabets before starting the novel itself (he even made up the word for making up languages: “glossopoeia”), but it goes deeper still. Tumblr user mirkwoodest breaks down the insane depths of Tolkien’s fiction.

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