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J. R. R. Tolkien took the fantasy genre and breathed new life into it, making it acceptable to write about elves and dwarves for an adult audience. His world-building inspired many imitators.

But Tolkien's Middle Earth isn't actually a new world. It's our Earth, set in the distant and mythical past. His aim was to create a distinctly British and English mythology.

A number of his works have been published posthumously, compiled from his notes with the help of his son, Christopher Tolkien.