Why Do You Admire Tolkien's Writing?

[Airehiriel]

I find his work engaging. It is intelligent writing. You have to take care when you read it. There is so much inside, that you could miss the smallest, yet important, detail by quickly reading it through. In some ways it seems so simple. In others, it is so very complicated. Yet all of it weaves together to make such a beautiful world.

Tolkien put a lot of care into his work. It wasn't just thrown together. There is a lot of love in it, and you can see it on each page. With such great detail, it's almost like he lived in Middle Earth, and then came to us, and set the story down so we could see what he saw. Sometimes his world seems more real then our own! I'm sure many Tolkien fans know the geography of Middle Earth better than the know our own earth!

He wrote something special, and therefore it is proper to view it as special. He took a lot of time and care to write it, therefore it is proper to take time and care to read it. I appreciate what he has created.

[ January 13, 2003: Message edited by: Airehiriel ]