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Originally Posted by Ainaserkewen
How about the rest of the world, because we can argue all day long that writers do or do not influence society but what about what happened to the world?
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I suppose its ironic, but the greatest impact Tolkien will have on the world is through the movies. More people will see the movies than will ever read the books - in the short & medium term at least.
I don't know exactly what that impact will be but there is currently a major research project under way:
http://www.lordoftheringsresearch.net/