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Saturday, 19 October 2013

Was JRR Tolkien really a pessemist? And micro-review of Paul Kocher's Master of Middle Earth

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http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/was-jrr-tolkien-pessimist-no-not-really.html

http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/review-of-paul-kochers-master-of-middle.html

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