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Date: 2013-02-28 04:35 am (UTC)What still makes LotR lasting and influential are the solid world-building, the truths of life in its fiction, and the enduring moral soundness of the story. I've found a work can overcome a great many flaws to be a classic (Les Misérables, anyone?) as long as it rings true and firm, while slicker, better-written works of less substance are forgotten.