If Tolkien were still alive today... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Grey Fool · 12-15-2000, 01:36 PM

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This seems like quite an obvious thread and possibly lacking in originality (chances are it's run before and I missed it), but I can't help wondering what Tolkien would be doing today, were he still living (assuming immortality were possible, let's say). Would he have been happy to have left the Middle-earth saga as it was at the end of the Third Age, or would he have kept developing the 'branching acquisitive theme', continuing to produce novels more for his publishers than for his own imaginative satisfaction.

Or is there more to it than that? Perhaps I have presented the question too plainly; what do you think?

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12-15-2000, 01:36 PM	#1
Grey Fool Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 31	If Tolkien were still alive today... <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton Posts: 30</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> This seems like quite an obvious thread and possibly lacking in originality (chances are it's run before and I missed it), but I can't help wondering what Tolkien would be doing today, were he still living (assuming immortality were possible, let's say). Would he have been happy to have left the Middle-earth saga as it was at the end of the Third Age, or would he have kept developing the 'branching acquisitive theme', continuing to produce novels more for his publishers than for his own imaginative satisfaction. Or is there more to it than that? Perhaps I have presented the question too plainly; what do you think? </p>