Thread: A Truly Proper Opening Text?
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Old 01-13-2004, 08:56 PM   #7
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This is politics, here, and they do not belong in association with a deceased author's texts.
Was not this intro part of the authorized paperback edition, released while Tolkien yet lived? As such, would Tolkien have a say over its content? I haven't looked through the Letters or in my editions to check this out, but it is perhaps a thought to be considered.

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<font size=1 color=339966>[ 9:56 PM January 13, 2004: Message edited by: Lyta_Underhill ]
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