What would the books be like if Tolkien had lived in this age. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

drigel · 05-23-2003, 12:43 PM

I realize that - I was just pointing out that if you were BORN and RAISED in the era AFTER the war, the cultural appetite would be considered to be leaning AWAY at just the stuff that JRRT so loved.

As for the fantasy genre if JRRT was writing them today - there would be none. People forget that other than science fiction and pulp fiction, that was it. It all arose post-JRRT. And my opinion is that 9/10s of the fantasy genre is either a cheap spin-off of JRRT, or a very sophmoric rip off of the man's work. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

05-23-2003, 12:43 PM	#10
drigel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: commonplace city Posts: 518	I realize that - I was just pointing out that if you were BORN and RAISED in the era AFTER the war, the cultural appetite would be considered to be leaning AWAY at just the stuff that JRRT so loved. As for the fantasy genre if JRRT was writing them today - there would be none. People forget that other than science fiction and pulp fiction, that was it. It all arose post-JRRT. And my opinion is that 9/10s of the fantasy genre is either a cheap spin-off of JRRT, or a very sophmoric rip off of the man's work. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]