J.R.R. Tolkien crafted one of the most incredible fantasy worlds we’ve ever read, seen, or experienced, and we can thank his son Christopher Tolkien for his role in safeguarding the gift that is
The Lord of the Rings. Christopher Tolkien spent decades as the literary executor of J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate and became the definitive voice and scholar of Tolkien lore (no surprise, seeing as how he grew up with the stories of Bilbo Baggins and
The Lord of the Rings).
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It’s because of Christopher Tolkien that we got
The Silmarillion, which he compiled, completed, edited, and published years after his father died. He was also responsible for
All the Creative and Inspiring People We Lost in 2020
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Losing folks you don’t personally know, but who have influenced your life in a major way thanks to their creative contributions, can be pretty upsetting. While 2020 was terrible for a whole host of reasons, Gizmodo wants to take another look back at the losses in our community to pay tribute to all the wonderful moments of joy they brought us over the years.