For half a century, statisticians, pundits and politicians have warned that population growth is spiraling out of control, threatening to overwhelm the earth's resources. They are wrong. Empty Planet shows why exactly the opposite will soon be upon us.
First ever critical study of Tolkiens little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond. J.R.R. Tolkiens linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output. As Tolkien puts it in A Secret Vice, the making of language and mythology are related functions.