LOTR vs Harry Potter

[Helkasir]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> harry potter sucks. plan and simple. it has none of the depth, felling, or thought in lotr. it is inferrior fantasy.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>"Inferior" is hardly the word. Inferior is such a mislable that it's disgusting. There are many divisions within the fantasy genre. The names I'm going to give aren't standard by any means, but it's the description that's important:<P>Pure Fantasy -- Fantasy that is entirely based within a single world different from our own. (e.g., The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, The Wheel of Teem By Robert Jordan)<P>First World Fantasy -- Fantasy that is based on our own world with a distorted, fantastic viewpoint. (e.g., Harry Potter by Rowling)<P>Second World Fantasy -- Fantasy that contains two worlds, the first akin to First World Fantasy, the second akin to Pure Fantasy. (e.g., The Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis)<P>Fairy Tales -- Originally oral, subsequentially written tales that tend to be short with distinctly good and evil characters. (e.g. Cinderella written by Perrault)<P>Nonsense Fantasy -- Fantasy that takes place within a dream or dreamlike world where the laws of common sense do not apply. (e.g. Alice in Wonderland by Carroll, the Xanth seires by Piers Anthony)<P>I'm sure there are a handful of others too, so this is an abbreviated list. All I can say is that if we consider Alice in Wonderland fantasy, which it is, than HP makes it there as well.