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Re:Is Tolkien Actually Any Good? (2003) by pasbesoin on Saturday May 29, 2010 @05:47PM (#1389334)
WW II, actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_rings

Although some Tolkien's underlying interest and work dates back to WW I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit#Background

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Re:Is Tolkien Actually Any Good? (2003) by anigbrowl on Saturday May 29, 2010 @06:18PM (#1389376)
Oh, good catch. It was Tolkien who served in WW1, not his son. Sorry about that. And I'm not sure its right to emphasise the contemporary literature from his youth as I did, considering how much he was influenced by epic medieval poetry. I should know better, I did school projects on him.
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