That's quite an accolade, Mithadan. Many deserved Kudos to the Barrow Wight, yourself, and the other Administrations for creating and maintaining this site.
That New York Times Archive is also a valuable link to have. I have been trying to find Auden's review for some time, not with any strenuous effort mind you, but nonetheless with some interest. Thanks, Mithadan.
An interesting statement about the genre which LOTR belongs to:
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For anyone who likes the genre to which it belongs, the Heroic Quest, I cannot imagine a more wonderful Christmas present. All Quests are concerned with some numinous Object, the Waters of Life, the Grail, buried treasure etc.; normally this is a good Object which it is the Hero's task to find or to rescue from the Enemy, but the Ring of Mr. Tolkien's story was made by the Enemy and is so dangerous that even the good cannot use it without being corrupted.
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[ May 28, 2003: Message edited by: Bęthberry ]