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[–] enkifish@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

It's not like the seminal work of high fantasy that inspired an entire genre is actually a direct response to the author's personal trauma suffered by war or anything. It's surely not a (wee bit racist) allegory for the dangers of industrialization, industrial war, and a paean for an idyllic simpler pastoral/peasant life that never existed.