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A comment on W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring. Parent comment

Re:W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring by smfugit on Sunday August 20, 2023 @04:28AM (#37197209)
There are no essential stories for "everyone". Cause everyone is different. What the cactus needs and what the redwood needs are not the same thing. The stories they need will always be different.
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Re:W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring by wolverine876 on Monday August 21, 2023 @02:14AM (#37205983)
There are no common needs and desires, and no common stories? That doesn't seem to match the data, at all. LOTR, as one example, is among the best-selling fiction of the 20th century.
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