Posted: June 06, 2000 at 01:39:46: by Gandalf
: : I have never known anyone to read a book by JRRT (about ME) and not become hooked on his works... Has anyone else ever wondered what it is that makes LOTR (and every other ME book) so addictive? Maybe they stand out as the best written books of all time...: : OTOH, I don't know a lot of people. : : Maedhros : You know about a year and a half ago accadamics voted for the top 100 books of the century. Tolkien did not get even honorable mention. When people called in they actually said Tolkien's was a nice little story but not worthy of the list. Ulisses (spell) was number one. Did you ever read that thing? It is horrible. Lord of The Rings is fantasy and not understood by many. Well, in response to the original message, my ex girlfriend didn't like Tolkien much at all. She like Robert jordan though.
Anyway, there are definitely lots of people for whom Tolkien isn't a huge deal. Having said that, New Zealand voted for Lord of the Rings as the book of the century a while back, before we heard about the movie being shot here. Guess there are a lot of Tolkien fans out there, but not all of them are academics.... Gandalf
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