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		<title>Tolkein Fans: The Fall of Gondolin</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gondolin was an Elvan city located in the Hither Lands. But you already knew that. But the story of the fall has been lost, which we know because it is part of the widely known Lost Tales. But now, The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, is available to those with &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/06/tolkein-fans-the-fall-of-gondolin/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tolkein Fans: The Fall of Gondolin</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Have Dragons, Orcs and Wizards caused climate change?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study has been published demonstrating, among other things, that the climate of Middle Earth has strong analogies in certain areas of Modern Earth. In particular, climate modeling indicates that The Shire is most similar to either Lincolnshire or Leicestershire in the UK or the vicinity of Dunedin in New Zealand. Mordor is most &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/12/17/have-dragons-orcs-and-wizards-caused-climate-change/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Have Dragons, Orcs and Wizards caused climate change?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hobbit and Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hobbit, the movie, opens tomorrow in a theater near you. This is based on J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s book, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, which chronicles the adventure of Bilbo Baggins. To many, this constitutes a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which many read (or saw in movie form) before finding &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/13/the-hobbit-and-science/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Hobbit and Science</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Just In Time for The Hobbit: The Science of Middle Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note, review to come later. Henry Gee has produced a Second Edition of his book The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told!, which will be released on December 14th as a Kindle eBook. There are two things to know about this. First, the Second Edition &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/20/just-in-time-for-the-hobbit-the-science-of-middle-earth/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Just In Time for The Hobbit: The Science of Middle Earth</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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