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英国拉德克里夫图书馆和万灵学院，牛津大学，英格兰 The Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College, University of Oxford, England (© atiger/Shutterstock)

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J.R.R.托尔金生日快乐！

“冒险是否会有尽头？我想不会吧，因为总有人要继续讲述这个故事。” 今天是托尔金日，全球的读者们共同纪念这位创造了中土世界史诗冒险故事的大师：托尔金。托尔金可能是故事的开创者，但他的读者才是故事的传承者，一代又一代的读者沉浸在《霍比特人》、《指环王》等作品中。托尔金的读者们每年都会组织传统的祝酒活动庆祝托尔金的生日，在当地时间的晚上9点站起来并举起酒杯，说一声“敬教授”，然后喝一口即可。

而今日图片中展示的正是可能启发了这位文学传奇的地方。位于英国牛津大学的拉德克利夫图书馆。这座圆形穹顶建筑最初是一座科学图书馆，现在是作为博德利图书馆的阅览室使用。据说，这座18世纪的建筑是托尔金小说中努曼诺尔上祭祀魔苟斯神庙的灵感来源。虽然托尔金并未在此学习，而是埃克塞特学院的学生，但他在担任牛津大学英语语言文学教授期间，曾无数次路过这座建筑，其非凡的外观至今吸引着游客和托尔金读者们的目光。

Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien!

'Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.' Today, on Tolkien Day, fans around the world honor the master storyteller who crafted the epic adventures of Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien. While Tolkien may have started the tale, it's his readers who carry it forward, generation after generation, diving into the pages of 'The Hobbit,' 'The Lord of the Rings,' and beyond. Tolkienists are encouraged to celebrate the author's birthday with a toast at 9 PM local time—to participate, all you must do is stand and raise a glass of your choice, say 'The Professor,' and take a sip.

For today's featured image, it is only fitting to visit a place that might have inspired the literary legend: the Radcliffe Camera, or Rad Cam, at the University of Oxford in England. Originally a science library, the domed, circular building now serves as a reading room for the Bodleian Library. This 18th-century building is said to be an inspiration for Sauron's temple to Morgoth on Númenor in Tolkien's fiction. Though Tolkien himself didn't study there—he was a student at Exeter College—he would have passed by the Rad Cam countless times during his years as a professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford. This building, with its extraordinary exterior, continues to captivate visitors and Tolkien enthusiasts alike.