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Oliphaunt · 02-22-2001, 05:45 PM

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pre-Tolkien fantasy

My english teacher this year is really big on reading and literature which is good. We submitted a sheet with questions of how much we read and what kind of books we read on the first day of the class. He found out I liked Tolkien and gave me a book called "The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. I read it, gave it back and told him it was ok. The next day he gave me another Brooks book. This pattern repeated about 8 or 9 times before he had finally exhausted his source of cheap plasic-Middle Earth. I have tried to stay away from post-Tolkien fantasy since then (actually the semester only ended a few months ago), but most pre-Tolkien fantasy is pretty good. I have read a few George MacDonald books wich I found very good, as well as CS Lewis' books. I know CS Lewis was a comrade of JRRT, but he didn't grow up with Tolkien-lit, if you know what I mean. Any other thoughts?

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02-22-2001, 05:45 PM	#11
Oliphaunt Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 48	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton Posts: 29</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> pre-Tolkien fantasy My english teacher this year is really big on reading and literature which is good. We submitted a sheet with questions of how much we read and what kind of books we read on the first day of the class. He found out I liked Tolkien and gave me a book called "The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. I read it, gave it back and told him it was ok. The next day he gave me another Brooks book. This pattern repeated about 8 or 9 times before he had finally exhausted his source of cheap plasic-Middle Earth. I have tried to stay away from post-Tolkien fantasy since then (actually the semester only ended a few months ago), but most pre-Tolkien fantasy is pretty good. I have read a few George MacDonald books wich I found very good, as well as CS Lewis' books. I know CS Lewis was a comrade of JRRT, but he didn't grow up with Tolkien-lit, if you know what I mean. Any other thoughts? </p>