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I think the complexity of Tolkien's work is a major factor. For every person who reads LotR once and says, "yeah, that's nice", there's another who reads it every year, including all the appendices, and studies Tolkien further in terms of The Silmarillion, HoME, various commentaries, the 'Downs...
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"Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as inducing them. And you and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness..." - C.S. Lewis
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