I will admit I’m not one of those who reads the Trilogy over and over.
But I’m a bit surprised.
Tolkien was not just a fantastic author, but he was a very wise man as well. And he had a wicked sense of humor.
The LOTR books were written because he wanted to invent a language, and ended up inventing several that actually worked. BUT! In order to use those languages, he had to create civilizations, and so, Middle Earth was formed and peopled with several cultures.
In trying to invent the languages to fit the people, he inadvertently stepped out of Earth and retreated to Middle Earth. And the rest, (as “they” say,) is “history.”
Another palindromic post wasted.
And this one with null and void in the middle.