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"My college roommate gave me her copy of 'Lord of the Rings,' and I read that probably five or six ti..." — Carol Berg

My college roommate gave me her copy of 'Lord of the Rings,' and I read that probably five or six times - not because I think it's the greatest thing ever written, though some people certainly think it is - but the world he creates is so vivid. So real that he designed its own languages, history and mythology.
Carol Berg
Carol Berg Novelist • American
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