Stuff and Moonshine

Memorable bit from last night’s dreams: Somebody told me they could no longer respect Neil Gaiman or enjoy his work ever since they found out he didn’t like the licensed Tolkien sequels with a noir theme. I remember thinking “well, I know Neil has no problem with, say, fanfic, so I’m guessing any issue he has is with trying to apply noir themes to the Tolkien universe.” I’m kind of with dream!Gaiman on this one.