Having recently posted on this forum that I consider "The Lord of the Rings" to be both better written and more spiritual than "The Bible," I follow up with this article about the perils of daring to "re-translate" such a masterpiece. It's like what the story of creating the New International Version of "The Bible" would have been like if the writers of the King James Version had modern lawyers.
How I Defeated the Tolkien Estate | | | | | | | | | | | How I Defeated the Tolkien EstateThe story of how one brave soul defended his right to translate the Red Book of Westmarch in court against the powers of the Tolkien estate. | | | | View on the-toast.net | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |