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Thread #55245 Message #857670
Posted By: Steve Parkes
03-Jan-03 - 03:43 AM
Thread Name: BS: Happy Birthday Mr Tolkien!-born 3 January 1892
Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Mr Tolkien!
He lived in Brum, just down the road from me (about 10 miles). Took me a week to read LOTR. When The Hobbit came ouit, fellow-prof C S Lewis said "Just what we need--another ******* elf book!" And where is he now?