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Christopher Tolkien
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“Tolkien has become a monster, devoured by his own popularity and absorbed into the absurdity of our time. The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing. There is only one solution for me: to turn my head away.”
Christopher Tolkien (1924–2020) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview in Le Monde (9 July 2012) as quoted in David Mills, "Tolkien Absorbed in Absurdity", First Things (17 January 2013)