Possible Clues:

• Books, in current form, adopted by generous visionary
• For example, Tolkien enthusiast is overwhelmed by endless choice
• One with a dream lover posed from behind first
• Duke describes worker as a Walter Mitty character
• Deluded sort of enthusiast requiring no change in Manx event
• Punching the puncher, soldier as Walter Mitty?
• Soldier, when engaged in writing, is a dreamer
• Dreamer
• Creator of strange worlds
• Creator of very imaginative fiction