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The Great War and Middle-earth - Wikipedia
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I don't think the battle itself is WW1 style. But, for instance, Bret Deveraux thinks that Tolkien had a good understanding of sieges, logistics, and IIRC, leadership, command, communications, etc.I'm reading it to my kids right now, dude. It is fucking radical. SO much stuff I didn't pay attention to when I read this (three times!) as a kid.
The use of the word Dungeon to describe the realm of the goblins was a big one. But yeah, just one D&D trope after another. I don't know how I could have thought Melnibone, Nehwon, and Cimmeria were the central driving forces for the game design. I'm still trying to puzzle out the parallels to WWI in the Battle of Five Armies, though.
I made a LotR reference at work yesterday and one of my newer co-workers gave me a blank look.I'm reading it to my kids right now, dude. It is fucking radical. SO much stuff I didn't pay attention to when I read this (three times!) as a kid.
Alright man, I've got it downloaded! I'm hitting this as soon as I've finished slumming it in the candy-coated crack that is the Murderbot Diaries...I've been working on my new sword-and-sorcery series for Baen.
Hey, thanks, man. I hope you enjoy it.Alright man, I've got it downloaded! I'm hitting this as soon as I've finished slumming it in the candy-coated crack that is the Murderbot Diaries...
It looks exactly like my kind of jam. Which makes me wonder yet again about how shitty the Amazon recommendation algorithm is.