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Originally Posted by davem
No, you lose one of the most fascinating things Tolkien ever wrote, & you lose some of his most beautiful & evocative writing.
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I'd still shove Bombadil in Orudruin (along with his chapters) if he started spouting his sub-vogon poetry at me

and you wouldn't want to sit next to him on a long haul flight. However I usually content myself with pretending he doesn't exist and eliding the early chapters....