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So was he like a hobbit or something?

My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning the abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs)—or to ‘unconstitutional’ Monarchy. I would arrest anybody who uses the word State (in any sense other than the inanimate real of England and its inhabitants, a thing that has neither power, rights nor mind); and after a chance of recantation, execute them if they remained obstinate! If we could go back to personal names, it would do a lot of good. Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so to refer to people. . . .

Hello /lit/. I wasn't sure whether to post this here, in /r/, or in /t/. Can somebody help me? I've been looking for a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's completed works I am able to download. Preferably able to put onto my Kindle. I already have read The Lord of the Rings,The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. Can anybody help me out?

Bilbo and Frodo Baggins shared a birthday, September 22. Bilblo turned 111 the same day Frodo turned 33. That year of the Third Age was 3001.

Tolkien was good.

>>write the greatest fantasy epic of all time
>>said epic becomes insanely famous and influential
>>repeatedly have to explain intricate parts of the larger fictional world in which the books take place to complete morons who think they've discovered 'plot holes' (hur dur eagles y not fly hur dur)
>>years later, such baseless criticisms live on to be posted incessantly on countless fantasy/literature boards all throughout the vast realm of the internets
>>not a fuck given

Can we all agree that Tolkien is a shit writer?

Please convince me of why I should read Lord of The Rings, and why it's awesome. I'm not uneasily persuaded. I just need some motivation. GOGOGO.