LOTR and Wheel of Time - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gorwingel · 01-03-2004, 06:11 PM

Well the reason they are so similar, is because Tolkien basically created the genre of modern fantasy literature. As we the members of the downs have been influnced by Mr. Tolkien, many authors also have been influenced by him, and they have wanted to incoperate ideas from LOTR into their own stories. I have not read Wheel of Time, but I have heard of it, and it does sound like it is similar to LOTR, but I don't think the author would use a similar story just for the joy of ripping off Tolkien.

01-03-2004, 06:11 PM	#6
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Well the reason they are so similar, is because Tolkien basically created the genre of modern fantasy literature. As we the members of the downs have been influnced by Mr. Tolkien, many authors also have been influenced by him, and they have wanted to incoperate ideas from LOTR into their own stories. I have not read Wheel of Time, but I have heard of it, and it does sound like it is similar to LOTR, but I don't think the author would use a similar story just for the joy of ripping off Tolkien. __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

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