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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/vilya.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Homages to Tolkien and Middle-Earth
SK is definitely a fan. In his non-fic book "On Writing" he pays homage to the prof by saying that he doesn't "play in Tolkien's league" or something to that effect.
There's a pretty funny extended Middle-earth metaphor used by Neil Stephenson in his most recent book, "Cryptonomicon" (sp?), which is a very funny, smart, and interesting read and is worth a look even beyond the Tolkien ref.
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