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The last book of the History of The Lord of the Rings series! (A Spoiler) It's been interesting to see what ideas Tolkien has had while he wrote The Lord of the Rings; it, sometimes, felt like I was reading the book again for the first time. One interesting thing in this one is that on one of Tolkien's earlier drafts, the Witch King arrives at Mt. Doom (Orodruim) and him and Frodo have a brief fight. What?!
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I liked it! It was fascinating seeing some of his changes. I think the one thing I preferred with his earlier drafts was on one of his versions of 'The Scouring of the Shire' where "Sharkey," was not Saruman. I'm learning that it may have been an orcish word meaning 'old man,' so that makes sense, but subjectively speaking, on many levels, it leaves me with feelings and thoughts that I can only label as 'what?'.
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