I never said that the Lord of the Rings had a "higher value than any other book of the 20th century". What I said was "If any book of the 20th century will survive the test of time, it's Lord of the Rings." A book withstands the test of time only if people still read it, and there's no sign that people are going to stop reading LotR any time in the foreseeable future. But what do those contemptible readers know?
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