[lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan and Hobbit references

John Lacny jlacny at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 9 19:45:12 PDT 2004


Miles Jackson:


> Hmm. I consider LOTR one of the most important
> works of fiction in the 20th century. It's not just a
> goofy dungeons and dragons knockoff; it's really
> more of an epic poem.

Lord of the Rings is not a Dungeons & Dragons knockoff for the reason that D&D is itself derived from Lord of the Rings. "One of the most important works of fiction in the 20th century" is going way, way too far, however.

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