Nick Groom
Nick Groom is Professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau and the author of The Vampire: A New History and Tolkien in the 21st Century among other books.
![A black and white photo of a man wearing a scarf.](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Nick-Groom-BW-V2-Chris-Chapman-2018-cropped.jpg?w=512&h=512&crop=1)
The One Ring has its own agency and sentience — and it opens up a wonderful philosophy of things beyond our comprehension.