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William Cloud Hicklin · 12-18-2007, 09:27 PM

Ah, Wayne Hammond, is it? One of the best. And I suppose he does draw very modest royalties from his (limited readership) books- but certainly not enough to allow him to quit his day job. Most academics do, after all, write books.

What drew the conspiracy-theory quip from me was your use of the phrase 'connect the dots.' One which, unfortunately, is used by a lot of tinfoil-hatters, and exemplifies the sort of 'logic' they use. Over the top of me.

Nonetheless, I don't especially like the insinuation that people only dislike the movies for some venal motive. Isn't it really rather the case that Tolkien Scholars are by their very nature purists?

12-18-2007, 09:27 PM	#14
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	Ah, Wayne Hammond, is it? One of the best. And I suppose he does draw very modest royalties from his (limited readership) books- but certainly not enough to allow him to quit his day job. Most academics do, after all, write books. What drew the conspiracy-theory quip from me was your use of the phrase 'connect the dots.' One which, unfortunately, is used by a lot of tinfoil-hatters, and exemplifies the sort of 'logic' they use. Over the top of me. Nonetheless, I don't especially like the insinuation that people only dislike the movies for some venal motive. Isn't it really rather the case that Tolkien Scholars are by their very nature purists? __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.