Orthanc

Tolkien's Orthanc after Saruman turns industrial, full of smoky factories and no trees?

Chickens vs. property values - STLtoday.com apollosdtr 2009

Tolkien's Orthanc after Saruman turns industrial, full of smoky factories and no trees?

Apollo's Daughter :: March 27th, 2009 apollosdtr 2009

It was half a mile from the gate to the Tower of Orthanc, and the whole way there the road was flanked by the white marble pillars.

NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye - chapter 15 Johnny Pez 2009

As I looked around I could see that Captain Gríma had brought us to a waiting room of some sort where visitors to Orthanc were sized up and dealt with according to some established procedure.

NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye - chapter 16 Johnny Pez 2009

There were literally thousands of lights within Isengard, most coming from windows set within the inner surface of the wall, and a few coming from the Tower of Orthanc itself.

NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye - chapter 15 Johnny Pez 2009

Captain Gríma escorted us from Orthanc, and saw to the stabling of our ponies.

NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye - chapter 17 Johnny Pez 2009

As you are my guest here in Orthanc, it would not be . . . mannerly . . . of me to place any demands upon you.

NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye - chapter 16 Johnny Pez 2009

I suppose I was expecting the interior of Orthanc to be like the exterior -- lots of black stone and iron doors and vast spaces.

NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye - chapter 16 Johnny Pez 2009

And I just want to make sure I understand another point you made: I demand that the Democratic party nominates a candidate that represents me before agreeing to vote for that candidate; whereas you suggest that the majority of the country should cast a vote in favor of any twelve-fingered miscreant orc that the Democrats can manufacture in their own little Orthanc.

Hillary Says It's Time To Start Leaving Iraq 2009

The door opened silently outward, and the guard led us into the Tower of Orthanc.

NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye - chapter 15 Johnny Pez 2009