Another story of mine has been posted at bookscover2cover; called The War Against the Elves, it can be read by clicking on the link. This story is historically correct, supposedly, since not all of Tolkein’s group was keen on having their time taken up by imaginary creatures fighting imaginary wars for hundreds and hundreds of pages. After all, the real situation has always been more evil and insane than anything any warlock could dream up.
And to finish, here’s Manic Street Preachers –
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Had problems commenting elsewhere, so I’ll comment here … LOVE-LOVE-LOVE the “fking elf” line — it still makes me smile, even though I love Tolkien!!! 🙂
It is a good line, isn’t it – which I was only quoting rather than writing. It would have been interesting to have been in attendance as Tolkein was reading, to see the reaction: shock and grumbles, sniggers, nods of agreement?
Glad it raised a smile 😉
I’m glad you had the guts to quote it — because it is brilliant!
And surely there *would* have been some nods of agreement … 😉
🙂