[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

may i disagree with you, mrslegolastoyou.
i like them both( but if i had to choose i'd vote for lotr).

some people doesn't like lotr because at the first sight it's full of strange names, the languange is a bit oldish and it's hard to send yourself into the world of M-E(swords, armour, long distances, NO CARS!!)
it's tough to read but gets more and more interesting when researching some background information.and then you don't even notice some odd words.