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Old 11-17-2007, 12:43 AM   #27
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What is wrong with taking a liking to Elves? What would please me is a fantasy novel which has the same intellectual depth as the LOTR. The LOTR has been done, but does that mean a novel including Elves, Dwarves, Wizards cannot be done?
You might like Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, which was written around the time of LotR, & draws on the same sources (Icelandic Saga, Norse & Celtic myth, etc), or Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy.

Hope Mirlees' Lud in the Mist should be required reading btw....
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