#157- Tolkien's The Silmarillion Part 1
Online Great Books Podcast
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Christopher Tolkien's Life's Work
Tolkien was a great son to a great father. Can you imagine your dad does this monumental work in Christopher had a an impressive intellect too? Mm hmm. But because that was his dad and because of how he was twisted, he elected to pick up that work and carry it for his father instead of being his own Christopher selling it all at the garage sale or trying to do his own thing. And that's an interesting choice. That's a special kind of person that would do that. You know, now imagine being Christopher Tolkien's wife is, well, I'm going back to the office and work on dad's shit again today. Man, that's a terrible job.
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