If Lord of the Rings was on RR

I strongly suspect that if Tolkien were an unknown author posting Lord of the Rings on RR he would get very little attention. The opening of the greatest fantasy story of all time is a Hobbit's birthday. People would probably not give it much attention (I'm not excluding myself from this). Not withstanding how epic it becomes, if Tolkien were lost among the sea of writers, it would probably not stand out.