The best books I have ever read, sorry OSC, with a story as complex as I don´t now what. And a story that only scratch the surface of the history. The great thing are that you notice just that. This is also the only book I have read that engage the reader so completly that you want to join the heroes just to help them fight their enemies. Tolkien
Posted by Mahabarata (Member # 7664) on :
What I wan´t to say is simply this. To all other fantasy writers: Feel owned, so freking owned.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
You might want to also try out: A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin.
He is not a Tolkien clone, but your description here of why you liked LotR sounds to me like some other books .
Posted by His Savageness (Member # 7428) on :
quote: You might want to also try out: A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin
ditto
Posted by Mahabarata (Member # 7664) on :
I will do that. (If I manage to find it here in distant sweden)
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Hey, another Tolkien fan. Cool And those books are amazing, but its definately the intricacy of the history that makes them so great. There's so much of it there, and it's such a detailed and well crafted world. Its amazing.
I love Middle Earth, and Lord of the Rings.
Posted by DarkRiku (Member # 7979) on :
The movies don't even come close to the books. I was slightly disappointed. Oh well.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Yeah, I know. Tolkien fans are so few and far between these days.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I'm the biggest Tolkein fan I know. I absolutley love anything connected to LotR. I actually won $50 becuase I was the most knowledgable of LotR at a local book store.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Whenever I reread LotR the only negative is I miss that first reading experience of glimpsing that tantalising history underneath the story.