I have a growing respect for Murrough O'Brien, which isn't saying much since I never heard of him before.
But I like this a lot:
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Does this book deserve a place with the great myths, the high sagas, or should it be considered an interesting relic - much as Beowulf itself was before Tolkien proclaimed it literature? Or is it simply a pretentious folly? I fear that it will be considered as the spin-off it was never intended to be. I hope that its universality and power will grant it a place in English mythology. Hang on though - that didn't exist before Tolkien.
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Hee hee!
