[SamAdams76]

This J.R.R. Tolkien died back in 1973. I wonder what he would think of his books being so popular today and being made into movies and whatnot.

[null and void]

I think he’d be please that there were movies, but unhappy with the actual movies themselves (What author could be happy when a long carefully crafted book is stripped of most of its richness to fit into a 90 minute flick?)

[ops33]

Tolkien stated that his purpose in writing The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was just to tell a tale similar to ancient epics. And they are very good stories.

[Vanders9]

He always thought that movie adaptions of his books could not be made, which is one reason he sold the film rights so cheaply.

[Ransomed]

Here’s an essay gene Wolfe wrote around 2000 or so concerning Tolkien. Pretty good stuff, he actually wrote Tolkien a letter back in the day and I guess Tolkien responded.

http://www.thenightland.co.uk/MYWEB/wolfemountains.html

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