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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I don't underestimate the influence Tolkien had on modern fantasy, but there are still books out there that do not use his legendarium as support.
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I agree. I admit to not being a "genre" reader, in that I don't seek out other fantasy works just because they
are fantasy. That means I'm not well up on the fantasy sector in general.
However, things I
have read, like the aforementioned
Harry Potter series certainly can be described in my mind as "Tolkienesque". It's especially notable in Stephen King's
Dark Tower as well.
I think too that Tolkien's popularity naturally causes his readers to see his influence in other works, whether it's truly present, or not. We all tend to see what we
expect to see.