Tolkien's Round World dilemma
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Tolkien's Round World dilemma
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J. R. R. Tolkien came to feel that the flat earth cosmology he embodied in his legendarium would be unacceptable to a modern readership. In The Silmarillion, the Earth was created flat and was changed to round as a cataclysmic event during the Second Age in order to prevent direct access by Men to Valinor, home of the immortals. In the Round World Version, the Earth is created spherical from the beginning. Tolkien abandoned the Round World Version before completing The Lord of the Rings, but lat
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Aspect of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium
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2004-03-18T23:19:50Z
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2024-09-10T13:20:52Z
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