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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

You know what? I prefer The Lord of the Rings over The Red Book of Westmarch. There, I said it.

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tolkien is just a translator. He didn't even get the pronunciation of the names correct.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Maura Labingi

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bilbo wrote There and Back Again, JRR wrote The Hobbit.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's what JRR says, but he also says he hates analogy while writing tons of analogies.

[–] MattW03@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hey, if you decide to sell the rights of your and your nephew's biographies to some random, well-dressed human, just for a couple of barrels of pipe-weed, that's on you.