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Lord Of The Rings Memes

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[–] RedStamp@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This meme is entirely false. Tolkien stole from the Red Book of Westmarch, not the Hobbit!

[–] Two9A@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

For context, this is from the foreword to the Lord of the Rings:

I have in this tale adhered more closely to the actual words and narrative of my original than in the previous selection from the Red Book, The Hobbit.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Red Book? Is Mao from Middle Earth?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

It's pronounced Mow Is Dung, so that'd track like a plow.