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[Belin]

But, still, I wonder why they would say such a thing.....

Probably what they resent (if I were to put words in their mouths) is the perhaps artificial reader boost that Tolkien's works have gotten from the movie... but of course this is foolish of them... you'd think writers would want people to read, and particularly you'd think they'd want people to read great books. But Tolkien's status is strange. He is not, strictly speaking, canonical (you notice you never hear them complaining about the others that were just mentioned, because people would consider it absurd), so they probably view him as a mere mortal type, and yet he's revered by many in a way that perhaps these writers dislike?..

hmm.... I don't know. I hate to malign people without even knowing exactly what they said, or what they meant, but if they meant it the way it sounds it just makes me sad........