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TCG Letter #485
/ Carpenter Letter #290a
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Gene Wolfe
Date
7 November 1966
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien writes to Gene Wolf about the origin of "Orc" and "Warg"
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Invented languages
Marquette Archives
Wade Center Archives
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References
Vector (Journal of the British SF Association), #67/68, Spring 1974
, p. 9
Wade Center collection.
, Original letter
Marquette archive details.
, See 7/1/10 (photocopy and transcript)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 714
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, p. 530
The Annotated Hobbit (1988)
, p. 111
The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Updated
, pp. 146-7
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, p. 521
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