{
  "id": 705182,
  "title": "Brandon Sanderson Shares a Look Into Tolkien's Life as a Professor Before He Authored The Lord of the Rings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/brandon-sanderson-shares-a-look-into-tolkiens-life-as-a-professor",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T20:57:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/brandon-sanderson-shares-a-look-into-tolkiens-life-as-a-professor-before-he-authored-the-lord-of-the-rings-books"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Brandon Sanderson revealed a rather interesting Tolkien tidbit during his weekly podcast, saying he encountered an illustration of Helm's Deep he'd never seen before, and it just so happened to be in a rather unlikely place.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}