What was it that one of the Inklings said when Tolkien started to read to the group from the manuscript of one of his books? "Oh, fuck, not another elf!"
Not passing judgment. I try, though I do not always succeed, to not judge something I have not read. But ever since I came across it I have been amused by the quoted judgment, presumably made by someone who HAD read (or endured, in his case) Tolkien, which, in your corrected version, is somehow even more amusing. I do admit to being elf- and, more largely, fantasy-challenged.
What was it that one of the Inklings said when Tolkien started to read to the group from the manuscript of one of his books? "Oh, fuck, not another elf!"
ReplyDeleteTo be precise: "Oh Christ, not another fucking elf!"
ReplyDeleteBut before anyone passes judgment on Tolkien, he should read "Leaf by Niggle."
ReplyDeleteNot passing judgment. I try, though I do not always succeed, to not judge something I have not read. But ever since I came across it I have been amused by the quoted judgment, presumably made by someone who HAD read (or endured, in his case) Tolkien, which, in your corrected version, is somehow even more amusing. I do admit to being elf- and, more largely, fantasy-challenged.
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