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		vacri on Aug 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Generating fantasy maps – an interactive ... I only really had a problem with the convenient 'box' of mountains around Mordor. Well, that and the fact that everything was so far apart that the main trilogy spent more pages talking about walking than talking about events :D

jessaustin on Aug 11, 2016 [–]

They didn't have automobiles, you know. b^) As I understand it, one of Tolkien's primary concerns was to resist the easy shortcuts of modernity, both in transportation and in thought.

Null-Set on Aug 11, 2016 | [–]

He also just really liked writing about landscapes.

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