Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 37, No. 10. May 22, 1974
Tol-keen
Tol-keen
Dear Sir,
Somebody told us thai Marty had written an article on Tolkien's "Lord of the Ring", but that you didn't want to publish it because people would not be interested? Don't you mean you're not interested? We would have thought that the most obvious facet of a good editor would be to recognise a cult and cash in. Tolkien is a cult (indubitably a good one, as only those who have dabbled in it will know), and we think you would be pleasantly surprised at the reaction to such an article if you care to print it. Instead of yet another another spiel on Vietnam, China, abortion, or the like.
Bilbo & Gollunt & Niggle
[Despite my personal objections to Tolkien I would be quite prepared to run an article on him or his works. The article in question, however, I decided not to run because it was very narrow in scope concerning itself only with "the use of magic". It was written in a stuffy academic style and had nothing new or particularly interesting to say. I am happy to run articles of literary topics if they are likely to interest and stimulate enought readers. Marty's article (I wonder who told you about it!!!) was fit only for a staid journal fur doddering literary buffs and eccentrics. May it rest in peace — E.d.]