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Originally posted by Tancred:
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Originally posted by sultan:
i'm sure this will draw flame, but i cant let it go. jrr tolkein may have been the first to synthesise all the western mythologies into a cohesive singularity, but he was neither the first to write on it nor is he the best - not even close. in fact, by today's author's standards, he's unreadable.
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S'cos Tolkien wrote in 'epic' style in the tradition of myth and legend of yesterday - unreadable by today's standards? So's the Iliad, or the bloody Morte d'Arthur! [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]I would have to agree Tolkein is the greatest and we all know that...he established his own dang language which set the grounds for D&D. D&D also wanted to call 'halflings' 'hobbits' but TOlkains son made them change it which directly shows how great his influence has been on "modern fantasy", so to say. He also is deffinitly not unreadable by todays standards...he is selling more books now then he ever had in his life! He makes you belive that the world was once like this and that his stories are REAL by how in-depth he goes. He wrote the Simillaron as like a history book about elves! His imagination is incredable and he will never be 'unreadable', his elves and hobbits and orcs are what every writer today bases there books on, escpecially the 'wheel of time' series!