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exercise-of-trust · 4 months ago

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it baffles me, though it probably shouldn't, that someone can write an entire rpf novel about j. r. r. tolkien finding a mysterious ancient book and going on thrilling international adventures, and get it published with enough success that i can accidentally stumble across it in the sff section of the local library

#'it's not really rpf' oh yeah sorry john the philologist wwi lieutenant whose wife's initials are e. m. is a wholly original creation #i also note that the 'any resemblance to persons living or dead is a coincidence' disclaimer is conspicuously absent #anyway. i'll probably finish it but i am rolling my eyes rather hard so far. be less obviously a fanboy. cmon. have some self respect.#- hold up i just took another look at the cover. those are literally the heraldic symbols of finarfin thingol earendil and fingolfin #how did the tolkien estate allow this. do they know it exists. can *i* get paid to write inklings rpf too #(the book is toward the gleam by t. m. doran. t. m. doran if you're on tumblr i apologize a little but not very much. get it together)#booklist

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