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Olorin · 06-20-2003, 02:50 PM

JRRT did just about start the genre. That's a pretty big accomplishment in itself. Everything else is just an attempt at reproduction. Also, Middle Earth is the most real world to me that I have ever read in a fantasy book. It engrosses me and makes me feel like I'm living there while I'm reading. That leads to another point, because it takes me away from the troubles of the "real world." Other books have done this too, but not to such an extent as LotR.

And by the way, I don't think all other fantasy books suck. They just don't compare to LotR. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

06-20-2003, 02:50 PM	#7
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	JRRT did just about start the genre. That's a pretty big accomplishment in itself. Everything else is just an attempt at reproduction. Also, Middle Earth is the most real world to me that I have ever read in a fantasy book. It engrosses me and makes me feel like I'm living there while I'm reading. That leads to another point, because it takes me away from the troubles of the "real world." Other books have done this too, but not to such an extent as LotR. And by the way, I don't think all other fantasy books suck. They just don't compare to LotR. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.