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Sarehole, the inspiration for Hobbiton?
© Reproduced by permission of Birmingham Library
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It’s strange how easily the line between reality and fiction can become blurred. So the landscape around Haworth in Yorkshire becomes Brontë Country, and Warwickshire is re-packaged by the tourist industry as Shakespeare’s County. But perhaps most striking of all, one of Birmingham’s suburbs has been re-born as Middle Earth. More...
Words: Chris Upton
Your comments
1 Paul from Barry, South Wales - 16 January 2004
"I've always thought that "The Two Towers" were Minas Tirith (the Tower of Guard - which was formerly Minas Arnor, the Tower of the Sun) and Minas Morgul (the Tower of Corruption - formerly Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Moon) as they are quite clearly in opposition throughout. However, Tolkiens' original artwork shows two opposing Towers, one white with a moon over, the other black with a star over, which would represent Minas Morgul and Orthanc - again, two towers in opposition, as the double treachery of Saruman makes clear. It appears even Tolkien himself varied from time to time. However, one thing I am sure of, "The Two Towers" represents one third of a literary masterpiece, which itself represents only a relatively small part of the effort that JRR Tolkien put into Middle Earth, its people, its languages, and its "history"."
2 gary from birmingham - 5 January 2004
"where in birmingham did tolkien live? are there any places in birmingham where his work exists?
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3 Paul Scriv from Manchester, England - 5 January 2004
"The two towers are, quite clearly, Orthanc and Cirith Ungol. Minas Tirith and Barad Dur do not appear in books 3 and 4.
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4 James from Coventry - 18 December 2003
"Please warn people that you give away some of the LOTR storyline, I am gutted now I have read "Gamgee was to re-appear in Tolkien’s writings as Frodo’s faithful servant and the last ring bearer.""
5 Nyowe from Kampala, Uganda - 18 December 2003
"I have heard that JRR Tolkien's inspiration to write the LOTR's novel was his observation that modern English culture lacked a sense of mythology and legend. Is this a myth or fact?"
6 Dude from Birmingham - 12 December 2003
"my school is next 2 the two towers where he got his ideas and the reservoir where he sat and looked at the two towers, they are quite scary"
7 Esau Aguinaga Marquez from Mexico - 12 December 2003
"As far as I know the two towers are Baradur and the Orthanc tower and not Minas Morgul and Minas Tirith. Those are names for two of the gondorian cities."
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