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Originally Posted by dalem
Possibly because his writing style is so "un-novelic".
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Originally Posted by dalem
I think it all works, but I concede that in technical terms it's not written "well".
-dale
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Originally Posted by Low-tech
im not saying his books are totally deviod of these things, its just there isnt enough emotional depth that satisfies me, i still like the LOTR books but, in terms of the nuts and bolts literature its not the end all be all.
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Thanks for that guys, I really appreciate your responses. I do agree that Dicks books don’t work on the same level that other sci-fi writers work – strange that his ideas and worlds tend to have been so influential both in holywood and among other writers.
To me Tolkien is the Grand-daddy of the whole fantasy genre, there are obviously predecessors but his works really set the whole 20th Century fantasy worlds genre going and when you are the first you will obviously also have others influenced and better. Would the later books have been as good or explored areas that Tolkien only skimmed over? I think not.
One of my favourites until I read Tolkien was the Thomas Covenant series – now here was an anti-hero with all the inner demons you could ask for. It was only when I read Tolkien after that I saw how heavily the author had leaned on Tolkien to help “create” his own world.
Useful stuff, thanks again for your opinions. Much appreciated.