Rants 23. June 2013 by TheTolkienist · Published 23. June 2013 · Last modified 26. May 2014 Middle-earth and Modernity. Part 1: Don’t deal out death in judgment. In recent years I have read many criticisms of Tolkien’s works, some of them more elegant and convincing than others. As with any writer of his time and age, particularly in comparison to the...