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Iarwain · 02-23-2003, 02:53 PM

Very true, very true indeed.

Tolkien's books should not be "elitist", but they should be kept in the correct classification, they do contain all of the different storytelling elements of modern fantasy. The idea that Middle-Earth is a complete world with languages and cultures is one of the main ideas that makes it so different from the rest of modern fantasy. This is why it belongs in a separate category, if not unsubcategorized (placed with the rest of the general fiction)

Iarwain

02-23-2003, 02:53 PM	#12
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	Very true, very true indeed. Tolkien's books should not be "elitist", but they should be kept in the correct classification, they do contain all of the different storytelling elements of modern fantasy. The idea that Middle-Earth is a complete world with languages and cultures is one of the main ideas that makes it so different from the rest of modern fantasy. This is why it belongs in a separate category, if not unsubcategorized (placed with the rest of the general fiction) Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"