“Tolkien. And I mean Lord of the Rings. Yeah, no, sure, sure, sure. Lord of the Rings plus The Hobbit, right?”
Tyler Cowen, Host on Conversations with TylerHenry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954
An epic fantasy novel following a perilous quest to destroy a powerful ring and defeat a dark lord.
Tyler Cowen simply mentions reading it alongside The Hobbit.
👍 1 Endorsement⚡ 1 Critique
Organic Endorsements
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
⚡ Critiques & Pushback
Speakers who argue against the book or name its limits.
“I know it kind of ends abruptly but I was really in favor of that like I hate it when it gets dragged out like Lord of the Rings style like 18 different endings like because you can imagine like…”
Why: Avoided because it drags on with too many endings.
Tamler Sommers, Host on Very Bad WizardsThe Lotus Eaters Episode 12: Reunited in Ithaca [unlocked]
Passing References
Named without an opinion attached.
“and you know for those who don't know um Tolkien's, J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings idea of this thing called Middle Earth is not a place.”
Dan Carlin, Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryThe Long View
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