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issybird · 07-01-2016, 08:05 AM

It is the centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the deadliest day ever in British military history. An article in today's New York Times, How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front describes howTolkien found inspiration in the carnage as he therapeutically began the writings, drawing on his surroundings and experience, that would result in his great work.

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issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,324 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Tolkien and the Battle of the Somme It is the centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the deadliest day ever in British military history. An article in today's New York Times, How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front describes howTolkien found inspiration in the carnage as he therapeutically began the writings, drawing on his surroundings and experience, that would result in his great work.