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English author and philologist, best known for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
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Y Combinator Startup Podcast· 5 Sept
Paul Graham compares his not having read The Lean Startup to Tolkien not reading the other fantasy books people wrote.Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy· 11 Nov 2025
Wolfgang Hammer cites a famous clip of Tolkien saying all stories are about death, and says Tolkien is absolutely right because death is the ultimate stake everyone lives with every day.