Lord of the Rings as our Post-Apocalyptic Future

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I’m not the first person to interpret the Lord of the Rings with an emphasis on the post-apocalyptic nature. However, I have not seen the story imagined as as taking place within our own future, Planet of the Apes -style. It’s plausible to construct a frame-story for the Lord of the Rings where the seemingly-magical/fantastic elements have scientific/sociological/technological explanations. Let’s…

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