[HPforGrownups] Re: Jo's OWN Words about Political and Religious Overtones in...

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 176977

> Oh well - no writer is perfect. Not even Tolkien. ("Teleporno" as the
> Quenya form of "Celeborn"? ROFLOL! :D :D :D )

In defense of Tolkien here, I'd say he's the victim of anachronism. The 
name "Teleporno" was, I believe, crafted well before "porno" became a 
widely used variant of "pornography", and in all likelihood has roots 
that got back well before the television age (Tolkien having begun 
crafting his languages as a teenager before WWI).

> All things considered, JKR isn't as "bonk you over the head" with her
> Christian overtones as C.S. Lewis

Here I'll agree with you. I suspect when JRR Tolkien penned his famous 
lines in opposition to allegory he secretly had his friend CS Lewis in 
mind -- the Narnia series is some of the most in-your-face allegory to 
be had in recent literature (well, aside from the LaHayes' "Left Behind" 
series, but I don't think anyone considers that literature).

--CJ