We Wuz Hobbits
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I had a feeling when his son died they wouldn’t respect the source material. This obsession with diversity in everything has ruined entertainment. Very interesting how Tolkien wrote this for British mythology. Also I’ve met plenty of people of different races who love the book and didn’t seem to have a problem with it.
Soon after Christopher Tolkien's death Amazon fired the original writing team for the series, as well as Tom Shippey (a literal Tolkien scholar and estate advisor).
I figured out why long ago, as I'm sure anyone else with half a brain could, but now we have clear-as-day proof for it. The demented vultures Bezos had waiting in the wings must've been waiting for that death so he could finally deal with Tolkien's other kids, who were much happier to sell out, and take that giant diarrheic dump on his Legendarium they've clearly been holding in for a while.
Agree. That is why I bought the Simallarion (sorry for mispelling) and plan to read it in the next 2 or 3 months. Honestly now when a book adaptation is done, I go straight to the source material. I read Dune this summer, and finished Wheel of Time series back in March. Foundation is and the LOTR trilogy (have only read Hobbit and Fellowship) are next.
How did you like Dune? Plan on reading any sequels? I think the series is solid through number four.
I liked it. I had read it about 12 years ago but I wanted a refresher. I will read the next two for sure since I bought them.