[Sam Cree]

ksen, that is a really nice article, it does a good job of articulating what is so great about LOTR.

I am pretty sure that Tom Shippey is the professor who now occupies Tolkien's old job at Oxford. He is a huge admirer of Tolkien and has written a couple books on him, including one titled "J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of the Century."

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Actually, Shippey has Tolkien's old job before Tolkien went to Oxford....Leeds University, I think? If you check out one of the FOTR documentaries (I forget which) they mention that; also the Tolkien bio that has been on PBS recently.