LotR = 1984 + Hobbits

Tolkien and Orwell were men of the same class and culture who both wrote about the same theme - the evil of totalitarian power

Lord of the Rings

equals

Nineteen Eighty-Four

plus Hobbits

It's just a strange twist of history that means George Orwell wrote a work of science fiction that is generally classified as literature, and JRR Tolkien wrote a work of literature that is often dismissed as Fantasy.

Tolkien and Orwell were men of the same class and culture who both wrote about the s…