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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 1311197" data-attributes="member: 2477">Just wanted to add this, which is basically how I feel;"The Lord of the Rings has been read by many people since it finally appeared in print; and I should like to say something here with reference to the many opinions or guesses that I have received or have read concerning the motives and meaning of the tale. The prime motive was the desire of a tale-teller to try his hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amusi them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them. As a guide I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving, and for many the guide was inevitably often at fault. Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurb, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. but even from the points of view of many who have enjoyed my story there is much that fails to please. It is perhaps not possible in a long tale to please everybody at all points, nor to displease everybody at teh same points; for I find from the letters that I have received that the passages or chapters that are to some a blemish are all by others specially approved."</blockquote>