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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 Wolfe about the origin of "Orc" and "Warg".

This letter was reproduced in Vector #67/68 (1974)
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Carpenter #305: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin • 26 June 1968 (#678)

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