Tolkien's Akallabêth and the Straight Road
DEATH // SENTENCE
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The Fourth Age Is Not a Return
LZ Granderson: Tolkien doesn't think we can go back. He says the fourth age that comes after the events and load the rings is not a return. LZ: We still might learn a lot from it, which going back to like the leftist critique is true. And then on the flip side, people who do sink too much into the past and long for a return of the world that once was, he would also tell them, sorry, that's not possible.
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