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WillAdamsyesterday at 6:45 PM1 replyview on HN

That has moved it out of a wish list and into my cart for my next purchase.

Makes me wonder what J.R.R. Tolkien would have thought of this.


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CamperBob2yesterday at 9:53 PM

If you go far enough down the Psmiths' online rabbit hole, you'll find (via footnote 7) some speculation on that. Tolkien was apparently of the opinion that the Norman Conquest was a Very Bad Thing for English historical language and culture, hence his frequent references and allusions to Anglo-Saxon mythology. It sounds like he would have been a fan of The Wake as described here.

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