The administrator knows that secretly I wish the book to be good ... but if it indeed disappoints then my inititial cynicism and negativity helps me cope with a product I'm not happy with . . . for example, Red Sox, Pats, and Celtic losses in the playoffs, U2 albums, book release dates ... It's a psychosis I tolerate in order to prevent the onsluaght of ulcers - and there is no cure.
But my theory is with this "new" Tolkien book is: IF IT IS SO GREAT THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED ALREADY FOR MASS CONSUMPTION. Sounds like a scheme to generate more cash off the past laurels of LOR and Hobbit and the magic of the Tolkien name itself.
