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Old 11-24-2008, 09:29 AM   #5
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I don't really see Tolkien's works as a game, any more than other books I've read. I'm not a 'genre' reader, in that I don't care much for other fantasy books. For some reason, I tend to only enjoy individual authors that may write about certain things on a regular basis, while being totally unimpressed by other writers of the same genre. For instance, though I obviously greatly admire Tolkien's works, I have never read anything by C. S. Lewis. I also like Stephen King, but couldn't stand the one Dean Koontz novel I tried. I'm a fan of Lovecraft, but not Arthur Machen or Poe. I could go on, but my point is that I read Tolkien for the same reason I read other authors: I like the subject matter, the prose, the ideas. Tolkien's work particularly stands out to me because it is so well written from a linguistic point of view, and Tolkien's deeply held religious convictions and moral messages that are so apparent in his works are an additional bonus.
If I did see it all as a glorious game, I think I would be more enthused about RPGs and ME themed computer games, and so forth.
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