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The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien's fantasy world

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233 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 17:26 UTC | HN request time: 1.2s | source
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jfengel ◴[14 Apr 25 19:25 UTC] No.43685180[source]▶
Atlas of Middle-earth is a truly monumental feat.

I think the article writer misses how much of it is really about The Silmarillion, rather than about Lord of the Rings. Tolkien put a lot of work into First Age geography, an entire (interminable, excruciating) chapter of The Silmarillion. Very little of it would be familiar to viewers of the films, and a lot of it opaque even to readers just of LotR.

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1. thordenmark ◴[14 Apr 25 22:46 UTC] No.43687123[source]▶
I have The Silmarillion on Audible and use the chapter Of Beleriand and its Realms when I'm having trouble going to sleep.