Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Middle-earth according to Mordor

Well, there's two sides to every story, or to quote a less banal maxim, history is written by the winners. That's the philosophy behind "The Last Ringbearer," a novel set during and after the end of the War of the Ring (the climactic battle at the end of "The Lord of the Rings") and told from the point of view of the losers. The novel was written by Kirill Yeskov, a Russian paleontologist, and published to acclaim in his homeland in 1999. Translations of the book have also appeared in other European nations, but fear of the vigilant and litigious Tolkien estate has heretofore prevented its publication in English.

by Laura Miller (http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2011/02/15/last_ringbearer/index.html)

See Also: "The Last Ringbearer" as a free download

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