A thousand pages of hobbits hasn't been enough for three generations of post-World War II fantasy fans; even when you add in that clumsy, galumphing dirigible of an epilogue, The Silmarillion, it hasn't been enough.
一千页关于霍比特人的故事,二战之后的三代魔幻小说爱好者还嫌不够;即便算上那本笨拙突兀的续篇《精灵宝钻》,人们尤嫌不足。