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Orual · 03-01-2003, 09:40 PM

I agree with a lot of what's been said. I think that Tolkien basically founded fantasy, and though it's true that most (if not all) modern fantasy is vastly inferior to the Lord of the Rings, it's hardly feasible to seperate the Lord of the Rings into its own genre. Though I, too, shudder to think of the Lord of the Rings grouped with anything by Piers Anthony (and forgive me if anybody likes him, I just never got into Xanth), there will always be ups and downs in a genre. "Ender's Game" is grouped with all of those awful Star Wars spinoff stories ("The Courtship of Princess Leia," anyone?), though it's immesurably superior to them. To quote Theodore Sturgeon, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." This includes fantasy.

~*~Orual~*~

03-01-2003, 09:40 PM	#26
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	I agree with a lot of what's been said. I think that Tolkien basically founded fantasy, and though it's true that most (if not all) modern fantasy is vastly inferior to the Lord of the Rings, it's hardly feasible to seperate the Lord of the Rings into its own genre. Though I, too, shudder to think of the Lord of the Rings grouped with anything by Piers Anthony (and forgive me if anybody likes him, I just never got into Xanth), there will always be ups and downs in a genre. "Ender's Game" is grouped with all of those awful Star Wars spinoff stories ("The Courtship of Princess Leia," anyone?), though it's immesurably superior to them. To quote Theodore Sturgeon, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." This includes fantasy. ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"