Lord of the Rings may not be for everyone, but it is for enough. It is the second most read book in the world. The Bible being #1.
Oh, and Tolkien does give a breif description of orcs. In the Hobbit it talks about how dark it is in the caves, so the Orcs eyes are huge to obtain whatever light they can.
And everything isn't meant for explanation. Sometimes the author gives you all the information he
wants you to have, so the reader can imagine on their own. And Tolkien isn't a crap writter. He was a proffesor in English and Literature, so he knew his stuff.
-oddguy
