News for Nov. 28, 2000
11/28/00, 3:49 pm EST - Tehanu
"Rayner Unwin was the person who first reviewed The Hobbit (when aged 10), and on his advice his father Sir Stanley published it. He was paid one shilling for the review.
Rayner Unwin was also the person responsible for getting the Lord of the Rings published. The necessary permission from his father came in a cable:
IF YOU [Rayner] THINK IT [LotR] A WORK OF GENIUS THEN YOU MAY LOSE £1000.
And the rest is history"