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"On the whole, Tolkien was a dab hand with names (and a lecturer friend assures me this is because he was so terribly embarrassed about his own — indeed, Gollum’s now infamous postural shenanigans owe their origin to Tolkien’s frequent pacing around his Oxford study room cursing his ancestors for not being Smiths or O Donovonovons)"
http://abysswinksback.blogspot.com/2011/02/importance-of-names-in-fantasy.html

Also -

"New owners will be bound by an unusual sale clause – they will have to lock the cemetery gates each night to keep residents including Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkein safe."
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/8846849.Council_puts_buildings_up_for_sale/?ref=rss
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