I love those books. I read them at least twice a year in my teen years; they were like a breath of fresh air from the dreck on tv that I was watching...can’t remember any of the stupid sitcoms, but I know those books.
On a sober note, I wonder when they’ll be banned from school libraries? The trilogy shows people doing what is right in the face of insurmountable odds, which I suppose is very subversive in a world in which you’d be wise to just do what you’re told by your betters.
which I suppose is very subversive in a world in which you’d be wise to just do what you’re told by your betters.”
When there are too many right-doing Hobbits in the world, that makes life hard for would-be totalitarians. Which is, as you note, why the books must be banned from schools....