tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post2122566951926003538..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: Tolkien and Weird Tales-Part 3Terence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-39257131733517617192013-03-06T01:17:41.993-05:002013-03-06T01:17:41.993-05:00Tolkien was denied a Nobel Prize because the Commi...Tolkien was denied a Nobel Prize because the Committee thought his prose was "second rate". Having read almost all the major works of Tolkien, I feel otherwise. Tolkien's language, in my humble opinion, has more class than that of average pulp writers like Seabury Quinn. Let's not forget that the man was an esteemed professor of Philology. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com