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In Reply to: Now you are sliding completely posted by Victor Khomenko on January 29, 2004 at 11:21:35:
>>> "You apparently don't get it." <<<No, I get it just fine; you seem to be locked into a stubborn tunnel viewpoint that would even have your optometrist throwing up his arms in defeat!
If you had described Tolkien's books as a series originally recommended for young adult reading we might've found room for compromise, because regardless of the author's intent these novels have been marketed as such and I can provide reams of evidence to that end. BTW, "young adult" does not mean "children's" literature; young adult tends to imply post adolescent literature.
In numerous reviews I've read concuring with this viewpoint most readers of Tolkien develope a passionate desire to reread the novels later in life, because they take on a different significance. IMHO, this is what the BEST literature does, because an initial reading or surface understanding of such a complex work will grow and changes with subsequent readings.
>>> "...only a complete idiot would claim War and Peace to be in that category..." <<<
Even though I won't bother categorizing you as "a complete idiot" because you felt insulted that someone would dare to tread upon the hollowed name of Tolstoy by comparing one of his weighty works with another more contempoorary author's weighty work which you hold in much lower esteem, I will say that you are much like book 2 of any 3 book trilogy (i.e., no one can figure out where you started or where you're going nor what you'll do when you get there). ;^)
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- That's because I'm pullin' on one end of the rope while you're on the other goin' under for the 30th time! - Audiophilander 12:29:46 01/29/04 (6)
- LOL! That sez plenty of those "young adults" - Victor Khomenko 12:41:45 01/29/04 (5)
- "I didn't say anything about their age, ..." - Now that's a weaselly response if ever I read one. - Audiophilander 13:19:01 01/29/04 (4)
- Your mama should have taught you... - Victor Khomenko 13:43:04 01/29/04 (3)
- The irony of your making ... - Audiophilander 15:58:04 01/29/04 (2)
- Re: The irony of your making ... - Victor Khomenko 16:20:18 01/29/04 (1)
- Object away, the LoTR films & books are neither naive, poorly made, nor, strictly speaking, a children's opus. - Audiophilander 17:14:15 01/29/04 (0)
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