Eric Zhao 2024 4 1 https://mustardfox.org/zzhaoe-000E/ zzhaoe-000E /zzhaoe-000E/ on The Worm Ouroboros musings The language is delightful, but one can't help but agree with Tolkien's assessment that what underlies the entire saga is "an evil and indeed silly 'philosophy'" and the ending has one wondering indeed if Eddison admired "arrogance and cruelty."Letter 199 References Context Backlinks Related J.R.R. Tolkien 1981 https://mustardfox.org/tolkien-letters/ tolkien-letters /tolkien-letters/ The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien reference 0-395-31555-7 E.R. Eddison 1971 https://mustardfox.org/eddison-the-worm-ouroboros/ eddison-the-worm-ouroboros /eddison-the-worm-ouroboros/ The Worm Ouroboros reference 978-0-345-02001-7 https://mustardfox.org/ereddison/ ereddison /ereddison/ E.R. Eddison person https://mustardfox.org/jrrtolkien/ jrrtolkien /jrrtolkien/ J.R.R. Tolkien person Contributions