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JRR Tolkien Denied Nobel Due To Low Quality Prose
Morty writes "In 1961, C.S. Lewis nominated JRR Tolkien for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tolkien did not receive the prize. 50 years later, the archives for that year have been made available, so now we know why. Tolkien's prose was viewed as low quality."
I disagree, but 50 years ago, by the standard of those times, the quality of prose was probably lower.
Peter Jackson?
I live in constant fear of the Coming of the Red Spiders.
Were you this guy?
Meh. I think we know who had the last laugh there.
Peter Jackson?
No, Gollum. After he fell into the volcano the Dark Lord made him a spiffy black suit, and he went on to conquer most of the galaxy.
His son was a real dork, though. But his daughter was h-h-hot.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
And yet strangely enough, the post you reply to is at 5, Insightful
That, despite mostly being a discussion of writing that was not available for the Nobel Committee to consider in 1961 since The Silmarillion was not published until 1977, well after Tolkien's death in 1973. And despite the poster admitting that he had not read the books that were published and available for the committee to judge at the time JRR was nominated for the Nobel.
So, I would say instead that when a commentator that has not read the relevant books and talks instead about material that was not yet published is modded as insightful, then you know that slashdot is dead.
What are you talking about? Opinionated misinformation is the lifeblood of slashdot!
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Mod parent down: "The truth hurts!"
Mod the article down: "Half a century too late!". NEWs not OLDs, my preeecccicoous.
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