Yes I agree...Tolkien's evil vs good and the Quest have become the cliche of the fantasy genre(only plotwise) because so many people tried to follow his steps because of his success. Yet LOTR still stands out, because I have yet to see a fantasy knitted so perfectly into a myth the author created. So, LOTR is not a cliche by itself, but in the genre it seems to be one..(does this make sense?
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