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Up until a few weeks ago, only "Lord of the Rings" nerds knew what a "palantir" was a seeing stone the company is named after.
Forbes.com: News Oliver Chiang 2011
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Senator Clinton for President in 2008!!!! palantir
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Certainly at that time Sauron should not have been powerful enough to direct what Saruman was seeing with the palantir.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Review of the New Star Trek Movie: 2009
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Well, you could resort to the Cliffs Notes: "Aragorn reveals to Legolas and Gimli that he has used the palantir and revealed himself to Sauron, not without good effect."
Periscope 2007
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Is it merely a new language of communication, or is it a palantir, the “seeing stone” in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, opening the portals to the eye of the Dark Lord at the tap of a computer key?
The Problem of the Internet Terry Nelson 2007
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The palantir was all about communication, all about transcending the limitations of human sight and hearing, dissolving distance, dispelling separation.
The Problem of the Internet Terry Nelson 2007
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The palantir was all about communication, all about transcending the limitations of human sight and hearing, dissolving distance, dispelling separation.
Archive 2006-12-31 Terry Nelson 2007
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Is it merely a new language of communication, or is it a palantir, the “seeing stone” in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, opening the portals to the eye of the Dark Lord at the tap of a computer key?
Archive 2006-12-31 Terry Nelson 2007
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No, Denethor isn't quite as mad as he appears in the movie, and it's his use of a palantir that probably contributes to his behavior that's rumored to be part of the extended edition, and he certainly doesn't leap from the top of Minas Tirith, but he does immolate himself and try to do the same to Faramir.
Archive 2004-12-01 Emma Goldman 2004
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Good thing it isn't able to stare back at your through a palantir, but that's something only Lord of the Rings fans will appreciate.
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At times the book felt like a dark palantir, giving me glimpses of dreadful, haunted dimensions that my soft, gentle, animal being was never supposed to encounter.
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. Leland Nally 2023
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