Talking About Tolkien - The Black Gate Opens (Return 5-10)

About this episode

The episode discusses themes and characters from Tolkien's works, particularly focusing on Sauron.

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People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Nate

Topics covered

• Tolkien
• fantasy literature
• Middle-earth
• Sauron
• book discussion

Keywords

• Tolkien
• Sauron
• fantasy
• Middle-earth
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tolkien

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