Finding out that Tolkien was a soft Wagnerite and borrowed themes from the Nibelungen tetralogy (ring, dragon guarding gold) has only strengthened my belief in the thesis that the last LOTR instalment is just a neo-medieval rendition of Operation Barbarossa in which Hitler wins.
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If native language readers find it depressing, I shan't wait. Thanks.
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It's been available in English since 2010. Btw, Eskov's Orcs have become a part of Russian nationalist mythology where Mordor is equated with Russia. While some keep to his depiction of Orcs as noble and bright, others seem to revel in the crudeness and malevolence of Tolkien's.
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That's almost like a parable about nationalism.
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