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Originally Posted by rcentros
No, Tolkien didn't steal what others wrote. He started with myths and legends and created completely new and unique characters from them. He also created a completely new and unique world and a completely new and unique history. This is nothing at all like some hack thinking he can write another story about Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit. Or a book like the "New Adventures of Strider."
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Myths and legends are fiction that has entered into the public domain...