[filmfact]

Checkout this talk by Brandon Rhodes - it explains the context in which the Hobbit and LoTR were written in. I won’t spoil it, but I think it’ll answer your question.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qVlqBxpCG24

It’s also, coincidentally, the best talk I’ve ever seen on code reviews.

[mcphage]

I'm only just getting started on this, but it's really good so far, so thank you for sharing it!