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Disagree all you want, but LotR is still the touchstone when it comes to works of fantasy. Vodalus Send a noteboard - 12/12/2011 03:48:20 AM
Such comparisons are done in a bid to confer a certain cachet to the flavor of the month, merited or not.
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Aren't the Tolkien comparisons getting a little...old? - 09/12/2011 09:51:39 PM 2751 Views
The comparison bothers me, but not because Tolkien isn't relevant. - 09/12/2011 10:05:22 PM 1622 Views
I agree with this. - 09/12/2011 10:21:34 PM 1649 Views
Re: I agree with this. - 10/12/2011 07:09:33 PM 1595 Views
Exactly *NM* - 12/12/2011 12:09:19 PM 795 Views
Only when shit works are being compared to him - 09/12/2011 10:22:26 PM 1524 Views
Larry, - 10/12/2011 01:13:18 AM 1541 Views
Snide dismissal that will be passed off as for his own entertainment. - 10/12/2011 04:55:43 AM 1445 Views
We get a lot of that around here. *NM* - 10/12/2011 05:18:01 AM 595 Views
makes me wonder... - 10/12/2011 04:37:33 PM 1428 Views
Re: makes me wonder... - 11/12/2011 03:03:15 AM 1407 Views
Well-deserved condescension. - 11/12/2011 03:54:27 AM 1572 Views
You're sure about that? - 11/12/2011 04:20:26 AM 1798 Views
Re: You're sure about that? - 11/12/2011 05:25:08 AM 1528 Views
Re: You're sure about that? - 11/12/2011 06:03:02 AM 1394 Views
i think you shouldn't judge a whole world's school programs on your school - 11/12/2011 06:42:30 AM 1431 Views
Yeah, I'm limited in my knowledge, lol - 11/12/2011 08:03:26 AM 1450 Views
My school was...not great. - 11/12/2011 04:02:36 PM 1476 Views
I'm 24. - 11/12/2011 03:49:06 PM 1398 Views
If you're arguing that children should be able to read genre fiction, fine. - 11/12/2011 08:52:27 PM 1317 Views
Well, I suppose it depends on the type of genre being read - 11/12/2011 09:36:16 PM 1565 Views
How often do you hear the challenging writers mentioned at this site? - 12/12/2011 02:03:05 PM 1296 Views
Only when you, me, and a couple others write reviews - 12/12/2011 04:21:14 PM 1684 Views
Oh, it was the same as it always is - 12/12/2011 05:23:56 PM 1404 Views
True - 12/12/2011 06:29:10 PM 1465 Views
One note - 13/12/2011 12:17:48 AM 1491 Views
Perhaps - 13/12/2011 12:49:34 AM 1420 Views
*Sighs* Such is the plight of those shining few intelects... - 23/12/2011 01:15:47 AM 1480 Views
Much of the actual "Classics", that is, Greek and Latin originals, kids would eat up. - 12/12/2011 03:13:03 AM 1297 Views
Try teaching Apuleius in schools... *NM* - 12/12/2011 04:12:49 AM 719 Views
Plato is exciting, brutal and scandalous? - 12/12/2011 09:59:13 PM 1365 Views
You're upfront and honest about it; he isn't. The difference matters to me. *NM* - 11/12/2011 05:18:42 AM 765 Views
Uhh...uh... - 11/12/2011 05:34:23 AM 1401 Views
this is a bit off topic, but out of curiousity... - 11/12/2011 06:28:35 AM 1519 Views
There are no special snowflakes, are there? - 11/12/2011 09:39:21 PM 1322 Views
There are many way of widening one's horizons and broadening one's mind. - 11/12/2011 10:08:24 PM 1080 Views
I said as much in my comment - 11/12/2011 10:20:03 PM 1355 Views
What I don't like- - 12/12/2011 04:28:55 AM 1437 Views
Why don't you name something, then? - 12/12/2011 04:40:29 AM 1377 Views
Sure. - 13/12/2011 07:30:56 AM 1212 Views
Mentioning Ender's Game pretty much shot your argument in the foot. - 13/12/2011 02:02:59 PM 1328 Views
You dismiss the entire video game medium because many games lack value. - 13/12/2011 03:59:11 PM 1461 Views
You're like the McDonald's paid advocate trying to say Big Macs are actually healthy. - 13/12/2011 05:46:37 PM 1276 Views
McDonalds food is inherently unhealthy. - 13/12/2011 06:02:18 PM 1408 Views
For the sake of argument ... - 13/12/2011 04:09:51 PM 1318 Views
Stephenson is not literature, that's for damn sure. - 13/12/2011 05:49:24 PM 1268 Views
Thank you, The Voice of Lews Therin. *NM* - 16/12/2011 05:14:42 AM 784 Views
I'll leave it up to others to define as they wish against their self-conceptions of me - 10/12/2011 10:52:54 AM 1424 Views
that's alright. I really have no desire to stroke your twit-ego. *NM* - 10/12/2011 04:36:56 PM 574 Views
Considering the firestorm I appear to have touched off, that may be best. - 12/12/2011 12:57:49 PM 1422 Views
I know, John - 12/12/2011 04:27:04 PM 1313 Views
Re: I know, John - 12/12/2011 05:06:26 PM 1366 Views
As I've said in the past, I'd be scared if anyone agreed with me anywhere approaching 100% - 12/12/2011 06:33:52 PM 1304 Views
Re: As I've said in the past, I'd be scared if anyone agreed with me anywhere approaching 100% - 12/12/2011 07:13:37 PM 1387 Views
Same guy - 12/12/2011 07:26:13 PM 1413 Views
Ha! Excellent point. *NM* - 11/12/2011 03:44:52 AM 704 Views
I have to agree. - 09/12/2011 10:54:06 PM 1430 Views
They're there for marketing - 10/12/2011 12:20:17 AM 1396 Views
Most of those comparisons are like that anyway - 10/12/2011 05:32:45 PM 1527 Views
Maybe if so much of the genre weren't crap derivative works it wouldn't be so common. *NM* - 11/12/2011 03:44:24 AM 697 Views
To be fair, a lot of it isn't. - 11/12/2011 04:06:07 AM 1346 Views
I suspect that if it really isn't derivative it's not being compared to Tolkien in the first place. - 11/12/2011 04:18:57 AM 1302 Views
That's true. - 11/12/2011 11:08:01 AM 1292 Views
Maybe they mean something else by using his name. - 11/12/2011 03:50:15 AM 1364 Views
When they don't work, yes. - 11/12/2011 03:18:44 PM 1361 Views
The Tolkien fanaticism gets old. And yes, for me it is unreadable. - 11/12/2011 11:37:53 PM 1356 Views
Disagree all you want, but LotR is still the touchstone when it comes to works of fantasy. - 12/12/2011 03:48:20 AM 1320 Views
Yes *NM* - 22/12/2011 07:08:38 PM 819 Views

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