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As an Oxford don, Tolkien was very much an establishment figure. No doubt much of the anti-Tolkien resentment among Moorcock et al derives from the belief, probably justified, that his class background was the ultimate reason for his becoming the main game in fantasy town. Other writers of comparable talent remained in pulp obscurity.This last is addressed back to the New Yorker and Moorcocksucker: for Tolkien it was about the languages and the history. It wasn't about denying Occupy Wall Street or whatever the hell they're blathering about.