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'''John "J. R. R." Tolkien''' was the author of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While working at a garden centre, [[Fitz Kreiner]] had a conversation with a woman who incorrectly named him as R. J. Tolkien. Fitz convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had a relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'') | '''John Ronald "J. R. R." Tolkien''' was the author of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While working at a garden centre, [[Fitz Kreiner]] had a conversation with a woman who incorrectly named him as R. J. Tolkien. Fitz convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had a relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'') | ||
Tolkien briefly met the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] during a [[C. S. Lewis]] reading at an [[Inklings]] gathering at [[The Eagle and Child]] of a story that would become ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''. Tolkien didn't like Lewis' work much, saying that it contained a meaningless mixture of too many mythologies. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'') | Tolkien briefly met the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] during a [[C. S. Lewis]] reading at an [[Inklings]] gathering at [[The Eagle and Child]] of a story that would become ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''. Tolkien didn't like Lewis' work much, saying that it contained a meaningless mixture of too many mythologies. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'') | ||
Like all humans, Tolkien was resurrected in the [[City of the Saved]]. He served as a philologist on a team sent to crack the mystery of the Jama'a Civil Tongue. It was surprising to realize they'd incorporated ''The Lord of the Rings'' into their myth cycle. ([[PROSE]]: [[Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks (short story)|Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks]]) | |||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* No [[DWU]] source informs us that his initials stand for, aside from the fact that ''Professor'' reveals that his first name is John. | * No [[DWU]] source informs us that his initials stand for, aside from the fact that ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'') reveals that his first name is John and ([[PROSE]]: [[Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks (short story)|Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks]]) one of his middle names is Ronald. | ||
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