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

Gurthang · 01-06-2004, 12:19 PM

Some copy, and some don't. I'm sure that's happened to many aspiring authors. And although Tolkien did not invent Fantasy, he wrote with a style that marked a new breed of fantasy.

But everyone (excluding Diamond and Kronos) seemes to believe that everyone rips off JRRT. But there are some things that make a fantasy a fantasy. I'm not talking magic, but more like the constant presence of evil. It just defines fantasy. If you think Tolkien created something like that, well, you would think everyone copied him.

But really how far from him can you get without leaving the fantasy border?

01-06-2004, 12:19 PM	#16
Gurthang Sword of Spirit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oh, I'm around. Posts: 1,401	Some copy, and some don't. I'm sure that's happened to many aspiring authors. And although Tolkien did not invent Fantasy, he wrote with a style that marked a new breed of fantasy. But everyone (excluding Diamond and Kronos) seemes to believe that everyone rips off JRRT. But there are some things that make a fantasy a fantasy. I'm not talking magic, but more like the constant presence of evil. It just defines fantasy. If you think Tolkien created something like that, well, you would think everyone copied him. But really how far from him can you get without leaving the fantasy border? __________________ I'm on a Mission from God.