Geek Syndicate Issue 4 | Page 5

BLUFFERS GUIDE TO GEEKDOM: Middle Earth Ever wondered what all those geeks in the corner were talking about? Sick of missing out of the sly references and obscure injokes? Never Fear! The Bluffers Guide is here to help! plementary information in the Appendixes to The Lord of the Rings, plus The Silmarillion, a sort of Giant Appendix in book form, as well as volumes of notes published after his death by his estate. These detail whole cultures and places only tangentially linked to the books (and films) that Middle Earth is so famous for. Never mind the vast, vast history. I’m going to regret this, but how vast? I see everyone is getting excited about the