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Richard Fisher Eucatastrophe: Tolkien's word for the "anti-doomsday" online Before he wrote The Lord of the Rings, the author JRR Tolkien coined a word – “eucatastrophe”. What did he mean, and why could it relate to humanity’s future?

Eucatastrophe: Tolkien's word for the "anti-doomsday"

Richard Fisher

BBC Future, October 13, 2022

Abstract

Before he wrote The Lord of the Rings, the author JRR Tolkien coined a word – “eucatastrophe”. What did he mean, and why could it relate to humanity’s future?

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