Dear David, I see your messages. And, FWIW, I think your analysis of the difference between the LOTR and Star Wars is valid. I made some comments about Tolkien's anti-modernity at the Tolkien newsgroup to mixed reception.
I give JRR a great deal of leeway because he deliberately wrote an ancient legend, with different types of beings in it. Thus, a Jeffersonian democracy would really have been out of place. Further, the effort of inventing a history and a language was rather amazing. But, it does appear that he did not accept the correlation between labor saving devices and the creation of a middle class. Best regards, Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
