That was my though and when I read the original books, I thought ok these are inside baseball books for trufans and not for civilians. By that I mean some one

That was my though and when I read the original books, I thought ok these are inside baseball books for trufans and not for civilians. By that I mean some one widely read in the relevant cannon ie not just read the hobbit LOTR, HP etc, You had read Dunsany, Mort De Authur, Homer