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- From: graeme@abekrd.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
- Subject: Re: Okay, let's get those flamethrowers out of the closet....
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.171439.16037@abekrd.co.uk>
- Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.
- References: <1992Nov18.022441.5742@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:14:39 GMT
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- In <1992Nov18.022441.5742@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> slb22@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Seth L. Blumberg) writes:
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- >Am I the only person in the world who 1) reads and discusses fantasy, 2) knows
- >how to appreciate "real" literature, and 3) has a keenly-honed appreciation
- >for Western European mythology, but 4) absolutely can't stand anything written
- >by J.R.R. Tolkien?
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- >I mean, I appreciate the guy's scholarship and ability, but I *hate* the way
- >he wrote. Alternately too chatty and too self-consciously epic. And I wish
- >he hadn't thought he could write poetry....
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- You aren't alone, I don't like LOTR either (I thought the hobbit was
- pretty impressive though). I've tried on about seven different occasions
- to read the "...rings" books but they just drag on and on without really
- getting anywhere (IMHO). I don't understand the problem at all cos I
- actually love the world he created (Middle Earth). I learned a lot about
- it whilst Fantasy Role Playing (mostly in MERP - Middle Earth Role
- Playing, strangly enough) but even with such enthusiasm for the world I
- still found the novels left my bits totally untickled.
- Sorry JRR (and JRRT fans).
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