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fandomsecrets2011-04-26 07:50 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2011-04-26 07:50 pm
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"Series" issue
(Anonymous) 2011-04-27 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)Like The Hobbit and The Silmarillion? Lord of the Rings is one book. :/
Oh, that is fucking rich, I just love that comment. The "series" issue is always thrown around by Tolkien's fans... and to what end? Does it matter? Are their religious feelings hurt somehow? It is most often printed in three volumes, therefore a common, lowly peasant of a reader WILL consider it a series. Arguing that it isn't is, for me, on the same level as being offended about what did Han Solo use for shaving.
tl;dr IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT IS NOT RELEVANT IN ANY WAY TO THE TOPIC
And just to chime in, I consider Tolkien's writing to be boring and bad - too purple, too flowery, you can read the sentiment a thousand times over in this thread. Mind you: I liked the beginning, I liked the scenes in Shire - the opening depiction of rural, simple life was great, as was the return to Shire. The stuff in between? Didn't care for it at all.
And let's not even go into plotting, which was just crude.
Re: "Series" issue
I was confused because she said "LotR is one of the best selling books of all time" and then immediately followed it up with "however the entire series is not" and I honestly had no idea what she was talking about. I guess now that I've slept on it, it's possible that she meant as a single volume it's sold a lot of copies, but as three volumes it's sold considerably less which is probably true but I don't really get the point being made?
I'm sorry that people wanting the book to be referred to as a single volume is a pet peeve of yours but that's not actually what I was saying.