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this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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One could argue that Tolkien is an enemy to the trees. [Warning unverified sources and very rough maths lie below]
This means Tolkien is responsible for the deaths of at least 5,781,000 trees. The Ents would not be happy
I was just gonna make a low effort "says the guy who wrote books for a living" joke. Kudos to you for doing the math. Do keep in mind he wrote tons of things other than LotR, and he should be held partially responsible for every book/screenplay inspired by his works.
Yeah, I considered including at least the Simarillion in the calculations, but the sales numbers for LoTR and the Hobbit are so staggeringly large that including his other works seemed pointless.
You raise a very good point about holding him responsible for all the works he inspired through. He invented a whole new sub-genre of fantasy, leading to hundreds of millions (if not billions) more books being printed.
And think of the movies! I wonder how many trees died to print scripts and build sets for 6 movies and a TV series