Over the years people have tried to get me to read J.R.R. Tolkien. I say no I won’t read him as he has four initials and I find that too pretentious.
Tolkien [a philologist] wrote better books, more literate and fascinating reads.
He was pals with C.S. Lewis [Chronicles of Narnia series/Perelandra series].
The initials thingee comes from old school English usages, not snootiness. He fought in WWI and was an Oxford professor of letters.
A friend of mine in high school (who had a dog named Bilbo) talked me in to reading “The Hobbit.”
I’m so glad he did, because I read that one and then devoured the LOTR series, finding each book to be better than the previous one.