Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-29153741-20160719091747/@comment-28813058-20160802010443

Solelfar wrote:

The Lord of Minas Morgul wrote:

There's one problem with this-Tolkien didn't become a popular author until the sixties (well before the Peter Jackson films), and not only did he become immensely popular, but it got to the point where he had to take his number out of phone books, and he expressed regrets for not retiring early. To show just how popular they got, Tolkien was mad that people would make the Lord of the Rings their entire life. Well, you're right that it became hugely popular at this time, at least in english speaking countries. But it took more time to reach that degree of popularity in some other countries. But you're right and I give you that point ;) You are right here. Tolkien didn't even really want to be popular like this. In fact, he himself said he would rather be recognized for his work on Anglo-Saxon at his college than for LotR.