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The War Over Middle-Earth

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

In 1965, The Lord of the Rings came out in the U.S. in paperback form, courtesy of sci-fi publisher Ace Books—and it did so without the authorization of Tolkien himself. Ace editor Donald A. Wollheim claimed that the works weren’t copyrighted in the United … Continue reading →

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