1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 On Episode 241, we are continuing our journey through The History of Middle-earth series as we survey volume 8, The War of the Ring, which is the third of 4 volumes dealing with the textual history of The Lord of the Rings. &amp;nbsp; Discover:&amp;nbsp; A different version of Helm's Deep Tolkien's early sketches of Orthanc How Sam Gamgee was almost Sam Goodchild &quot;Nice Guy&quot; Denethor Are Shelob and Ungoliant Actually The Same? AND MORE! Also: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Guy Gavriel Kay delivers 2021 Tolkien Lecture Join us! Become a patron of The Tolkien Road. For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit&amp;nbsp;TolkienRoad.com&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Also, follow us on Twitter via&amp;nbsp;@TolkienRoad. This episode is executive produced by Kaitlyn of&amp;nbsp;Tea With Tolkien, Liis U,&amp;nbsp;Andrew T,&amp;nbsp;John R,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Ms. Anonymous. Special thanks to the following patrons: Kaitlyn of&amp;nbsp;Tea with Tolkien Liis U Andrew T John R Ms. Anonymous Shannon S Brian O Emilio P Zeke F James A James L Chris L Chuck F Asya V Ish of the Hammer Teresa C David of&amp;nbsp;Pints with Jack Jonathan D Eric S Joey S Eric B Matt L Johanna T Mike M Dyrenair Robert H Paul D Jacob S Julia The Tolkien Road https://tolkienroad.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19095104/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/00c441/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/103163804