> We go there and back, to where we started. There’s no escape, nothing will ever change and nobody will ever break out of this well-­ordered world.” Well, thi

> We go there and back, to where we started. There’s no escape, nothing will ever change and nobody will ever break out of this well-­ordered world.” Well, this is simply not true - Frodo and his friends do go on, through the Shire, to Valinor. And having devoured a lot of Moorcock in my youth I must say that in my old age I prefer well-written twee (if that is what Tolkein is) to pulp.