Cam Banks
Adventurer
reanjr said:Wow. Editors would have ruined Tolkien's books. They tried hard to mess it up in little ways, but it was not allowed (Dwarfs and Elfs, anyone?). If Tolkien chose a way of saying something, you can be assured it was a conscious choice for which he understood the ramifications.
I disagree. I think he had a lot of well-thought ideas and was a masterful linguist and historian, but his writing reads like getting a wisdom tooth extracted whilst somebody quietly whispers really neat things into your ear to distract you.
I love the Lord of the Rings, but it's not because of the glacial movement and lousy structure of the books.
Cheers,
Cam