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Familiar characters Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf return to fight for good in the final battle for Middle-earth.
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When Martha gets to a pay phone and calls her sister, Lucy (Sarah Paulson), we realize how far we are from Middle-earth.
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His publishing pedigree on the cosmology of his legendary world, Middle-earth began with The Hobbit: or There and Back Again in 1937.
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From sketchbooks, to Guides To Middle-earth, to art books, to anything designed to tempt a reader wanting a real book to touch and turn those pages, something was there.
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Concerned that England lacked a set of myths comparable to, say, the Norse legends, he created the fantasy realm of Middle-earth, home to a jumble of orcs, elves, wizards and hobbits.
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Two books have come out recently that are excellent complements to delving into the great series of books written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, beloved the world over as the creator of Middle-earth.
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In popular imagination, New Zealand has become the home of dwarves, elves, dragons and 4ft-tall hairy-footed Hobbit burglars since director Sir Peter Jackson used his homeland as the backdrop for his version of Middle Earth in the Academy-Award winning film series.
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Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown revealed that the city will be officially renamed "The Middle of Middle Earth" for three weeks around the premiere, to reflect its position at the heart of New Zealand's film industry, which now employs more than 3, 000 people.
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And conservative America, once solidly sceptical, is now split over the issue, as Christians concerned about mankind's stewardship of the Earth, neo-cons keen to reduce America's dependency on the Middle East and farmers who see alternative energy as a new potential source of energy come round to the idea of cutting down on carbon.
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Middle Earth was a land wracked by war, plagued by the powers of deeply evil semi-immortal beings.
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