by Max Barry

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Region: Middle Earth

Lady Galadriel wrote:I agree: ambition or ego is what makes people vulnerable to corruption by the one ring.

There's even a hint of how the ring, hypothetically, might have tempted an Ent:

Treebeard looked at them, and was silent for a while, shaking his head thoughtfully. Then he turned to Gandalf.
'So Saruman would not leave?' he said. 'I did not think he would. His heart is as rotten as a black Huorn's. Still, if I were overcome and all my trees destroyed, I would not come while I had one dark hole left to hide in.'
'No,' said Gandalf. 'But you have not plotted to cover all the world with your trees and choke all other living things.

The Two Towers, The Voice of Saruman

Even trees can be too much of a good thing, if someone's ego pushes them to expand at the expense of everything else.

Poll no. 50 is about books. Which unread book is on your reading list? If several, which book is high on your list?
page=poll/p=161455

Rumours about a future new publication, The Nature of Middle-earth:
http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3727
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Nature_of_Middle-earth
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2020/06/23/108207-the-nature-of-middle-earth-new-book-with-tolkiens-unpublished-writings

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