Tolkein fought in the First World War. The LOTR was written mostly prior to the Second World War. Tolkein himself bitterly resented all attempts to view his narrative as other than a story written for entertainment. Also Dr Pie you freakin' rock, my brother-from-an-entirely-different-set-of-parents
I'm off to read the Iliad free from dailylit.com -- and an agatha christie novel at the same time. Also, Mormonism. More specifically the secret bits of its history they didn't want their own members to know about but were leaked on the internet. Hilarity ensues! Also i seem to be drunk today even though I haven't touched a drop in months...
