6/25/2023 0 Comments Tolkien lord of the ringsThe harfoot Elanor in The Rings of Power is a new character who, if I had to guess, was probably named Elanor because that's the kind of name a proto-hobbit would have, as established by JRR Tolkien, the guy who created hobbits and first named one of them Elanor, and whose work Amazon has a license to adapt. It bears mentioning that the character in Polychron's book is Elanor Gamgee Gardner, a character from The Lord of the Rings, which was written by JRR Tolkien. His book contains a hobbit character named Elanor, and so does The Rings of Power, for example. Its prologue is set in The Shire, and the first character introduced is "Elanor Gamgee Gardner, daughter of Samwise and Rosie." Polychron's dedication page even dedicates the novel to "the life and work" of JRR Tolkien and son Christopher Tolkien, followed by the sentence: "If not for you, this would not be." It is undoubtedly Lord of the Rings fanfiction.Īnd yet, Polychron apparently thinks he has a case, arguing that similarities between The Rings of Power and The Fellowship of the King constitute infringement. (Image credit: Demetrious Polychron/Amazon)īy my estimation, it's more appropriate to say that Polychron's book is based on, not inspired by, The Lord of The Rings.
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