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Originally Posted by Thenamir
Interesting that Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time volumes (for which, apparantly, he gets paid by the pound) are plastered with a quote from a New York Times reviewer, "Robert Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal." One can scarcely imagine the disgust such a quote engenders on this site.
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'Comparable to Tolkien at his best'. I remember reading that on a novel by one Fred Saberhagen, though I'm sure it would be very difficult to count the number of Fantasy writers who have been compared to Tolkien, promoted as the 'next' Tolkien, or, as with Jordan here, stated to be 'superior' to him.
What's interesting is that whether they are being promoted as his replacement, his equal or his superior, they are all compared to Tolkien. Tolkien is the standard by which they are all measured.
And those few who aren't compared to him seem to have an animus regarding him - one thinks of Moorcock & Pullman. It all seems to be about Tolkien in one way or another.