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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I know less about Tolkien than others here. But one of the things like liked about The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (and the first three Star Wars movies) is that there was this rich history in the background, much of it unspoken, but as a reader you could see that it was there.
I don't know what it is about fans (particularly fans of fantasy and sci-fi) that they feel the need to explore every last nook and cranny of a fantasy world, wringing every last little bit of magic possible out of it until they begin to resent it (something like what has happened to Star Wars when the prequels were released).
Often I think it is a better idea to enjoy something for what it is and then move on, rather than demanding more and more and more of something already enjoyed.
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Why do historians still write about WW II, the Napoleonic era and the American Civil War, when there are thousands of books already written and very little new territory to cover? Why are people so obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and why do so many people write in the Sherlock Holmes universe? It's not just SF&F fans.
IMPO, people becomes fascinated by a subject and want to find out everything they can about it. One sees it with baseball, stamps, dinosaurs, computers, space and a myriad of other topics as well as favored SF&F universes. Heck, way back when Xena, the Warrior Princess was on, there was a huge online community and a lot of fanfic based on it. Same with Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's just the way a lot of people are wired.