Unworthy

[propagandalf]

grr.. perhaps that person should read this part of the foreword:

I think that many confuse 'applicability' with 'allegory'; but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, foreword, LOTR TFOTR

As for the original topic, I think I get what you mean. I don’t consider myself an elitist but it hurts to see Tolkien’s works in the same shelf as piers anthony’s. Perhaps Tolkien’s books should be in the same genre as Homer’s Odyssey. (Whatever that genre is). They’re in the same level of ‘worthiness’ in my opinion. Yes, ‘literature’ is the key word. Tolkien’s books are great literary pieces. Sorry I did not contribute much here. grrr.