Definitely worth a read
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/unused-audio-commentary-by-howard-zinn-and-noam-chomsky-recorded-summer-2002-for-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-platinum-series-extended-edition-dvd-part-one
Definitely worth a LOL
And also, some well-written Tolkien praise, to balance things out:
http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/06/there-and-back-again-five-reasons-tolkien-rocks.html
I'm thinking one of these days I should go back and read LOTR, now that I'm not in junior high anymore -- and might get some of the symbolism and allegory that I totally missed before.
Definitely worth a LOL
And also, some well-written Tolkien praise, to balance things out:
http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/06/there-and-back-again-five-reasons-tolkien-rocks.html
I'm thinking one of these days I should go back and read LOTR, now that I'm not in junior high anymore -- and might get some of the symbolism and allegory that I totally missed before.