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sador
Half-elven
Feb 3 2013, 8:01am
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Tolkien had a great mastery of the English language, I'm sure he made his prose that way on purpose (and it's not boring, I think people's attention spans are dwindling year by year). The guy was a perfectionist. Having a great mastery of language doesn't mean one could write well, or even that one is well-read in literature. Tolkien for sure wrote his prose the way he did on purpose - but that does not mean that he chose correctly. The critic is as entitled to his/her opinion as the purest fan we have between us is entitled to his/her own.
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Why do some people say that Tolkien wasn't a writer?
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Rane
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Feb 2 2013, 1:19am
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No accounting for taste.
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Elizabeth
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Feb 2 2013, 2:38am
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He has certainty lasted a long time!
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Eowyn3
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Feb 2 2013, 6:31am
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What is great literature?
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Angharad73
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Feb 2 2013, 10:39am
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I wonder if they regret their decision
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Rane
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Feb 2 2013, 9:19pm
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What makes a writer...
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Angharad73
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Feb 2 2013, 10:01pm
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What about it?
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sador
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Feb 3 2013, 8:01am
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I think it's a matter of opinion -
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geordie
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Feb 3 2013, 9:47am
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Well put
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squire
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Feb 3 2013, 2:21pm
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Also well put.
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Elizabeth
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Feb 3 2013, 6:59pm
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Some critical reviews...
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Morthoron
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Feb 7 2013, 3:07am
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Unfortunately, Tolkien will never win it.
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macfalk
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Feb 3 2013, 12:05pm
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Tolkien never will win the Nobel Prize for Literature
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geordie
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Feb 3 2013, 12:48pm
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The Nobel Prize has been awarded posthumously
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macfalk
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Feb 3 2013, 3:40pm
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Just a minor, supplementary point: The Nobel Prize Committee
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NZ Strider
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Feb 11 2013, 7:27am
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I heard that too
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Sam20
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Feb 27 2013, 5:31pm
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