Venkatesh Rao on Twitter: "The dragon died today and the battle of five armies started, but the big event is that somewhere unknown Bilbo just suckered Gollum out of the One Ring and the Necromancer got wind of it."

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1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 6
  
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  Oh nobody knows. We’ll only know Sauron is up when the nazgul appear.
  
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1. DAVID SUGARMAN‏ @aspiring_wizard Jan 6
  
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  either there is a universally obvious Bilbo/Gollum/Necromancer set that everyone gets but me, or this is a different kind of metaphor AND a majestic vaguetweet that allows any reader with an idea for that set to assume they're on the same page
  
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  battle of the five armies can't happen till Bilbo breaks the dwarves out of Mirkwood with the ring. respect the chronology.
  
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