Re: (Next to no) discussion on extended version of TTT?

In rec.arts.books.tolkien Smaug69 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I don't think they are real fans of the book,
: just pseudo-fans(like those hippies in the 1960s running around with
: Frodo Lives!) who like the idea of the story and the characters, but
: not the execution or the depth.

Not real fans?  Who gets to decide who a real fan is?  Different
people are going to appreciate different things.  Dismissing
others as "not real fans" is somewhat weak.  I am sure by someone's
standards, you are not a real fan.

Stephen