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Re:Literary hostility to J. R. R. Tolkien by bazoom42 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:05AM (#32877623)
By your logic 50 Shades of Grey is also above criticism.
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Re:Literary hostility to J. R. R. Tolkien by flimsythoughts on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:10AM (#32877650)
No, he's talking about decades later. It remains to be seen if 50 Shades is still popular 50-80 years later.

I suspect not.

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Re:Literary hostility to J. R. R. Tolkien by Victerius on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:16AM (#32877699)
For having sold tens of millions of copies, one must concede that 50 Shades of Grey has some literary qualities.
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