"Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, 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."

--J.R.R. Tolkien, writing in his "Forward" to The Lord of The Rings

I wonder how many of his critics had four books made into blockbuster movies....

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