"I never expected a money success," said Tolkien, pacing the room, as he does constantly when he speaks. "In fact, I never even thought of commercial publication when I wrote The Hobbit back in the Thirties.
"It all began when I was reading exam papers to earn a bit of extra money. That was agony. One of the tragedies of the underpaid professor is that he has to do menial jobs. He is expected to maintain a certain position and to send his children to good schools. Well, one day I came to a blank page in an exam book and I scribbled on it. 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
The piece is a pleasant read about the greatest fantasy writer of all time.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by snufu on Thursday October 29 2015, @01:25AM
"In his world of wondrous things, he moves with the surety of a white hunter on a game reservation."
What would social media do with this description if published today?
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2015, @06:13AM
You got something against albino tigers? Yes, the white hunter is stalking you!
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @10:53AM
Completely change the topic to start thousands of rambling monologues about sjw's and the evils of feminism?
Claim it is all about ethics in games journalism?
Do tell us, in mind-numbingly great detail, about that axe you have to grind...