eighty2angelfan t1_jeac4p7 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:55 PM

Yeah, he sucked. But he gets better. My understanding is his son helped, but I may be wrong. If I recall correctly a conversation I once read his biggest issue is he was still thinking in terms of children's books. That may just be something I'm mis-remembering though. Wait until you get to Frodo and Sam walking through Mordor. Better get some coffee.

ItsBoughtnotBrought t1_jeb5459 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Jesus, you couldn't be more wrong 😅 His son helped him organise the fragments of his later works and put them together coherently. Tolkien was not thinking in terms of children's books either, he was meant to write a sequel to The Hobbit and ended up writing The Lord of the Rings, he even said to his publisher that it was not a children's book.

eighty2angelfan t1_jebcr0c wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:48 PM

Yeah, I was trying to remember conversations from many years ago. I've read the books a couple of times. I like em, but they could used some editing.