Who is dismissing that he influenced millions well after 1961?
Larry Send a noteboard - 23/01/2012 07:54:27 PM
You will not find anywhere in my post where I defended his writing style. I warn people, before they start LOTR, that his books are not an "easy read".
However, his work fired the imaginations of many authors and sent them off into a new direction of story telling and world building. Many of them, wrote/write much better than he did. However, his work is the one you put your finger on and say "this" is high fantasy. He is the standard that now other's creations are held up against.
The original post even talks about divorcing your critique of his writing from the impact it had. I simply find this specific non-unique situation to be an excellent illustration of why I dismiss writing critics, critiques, and reviews by so-called "experts." Especially the ones that, in their arrogance, sneer down their noses at hugely popular works BECAUSE they are popular. Unable to acknowledge that it is exactly those pupular stories, read by million, that are going to ignite the imaginations of tomorrow's authors.
However, his work fired the imaginations of many authors and sent them off into a new direction of story telling and world building. Many of them, wrote/write much better than he did. However, his work is the one you put your finger on and say "this" is high fantasy. He is the standard that now other's creations are held up against.
The original post even talks about divorcing your critique of his writing from the impact it had. I simply find this specific non-unique situation to be an excellent illustration of why I dismiss writing critics, critiques, and reviews by so-called "experts." Especially the ones that, in their arrogance, sneer down their noses at hugely popular works BECAUSE they are popular. Unable to acknowledge that it is exactly those pupular stories, read by million, that are going to ignite the imaginations of tomorrow's authors.
The Ostara influenced millions as well and fired up the imaginations of a few world-shakers, yet it has never been considered a well-written piece. Sometimes, one can acknowledge that something was influential without ever believing that it was ideal, a point that seems to be lost in your comments.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
1961 Nobel Finalists: J.R.R. Tolkien
- 19/01/2012 09:27:46 AM
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It's difficult to assess Tolkien's relative merits then 51 years later.
- 19/01/2012 02:41:52 PM
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Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me
- 19/01/2012 02:58:00 PM
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Tolkein is an excellent example why I usually dismiss literary critics/critiques
- 23/01/2012 05:57:51 PM
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Tolkien. Please. You're doing your entire argument a disservice there. *NM*
- 23/01/2012 06:42:12 PM
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You can't dismiss his impact, even if you do not like his storytelling.
- 23/01/2012 07:40:19 PM
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Who is dismissing that he influenced millions well after 1961?
- 23/01/2012 07:54:27 PM
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That's an odd argument
- 23/01/2012 07:51:49 PM
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Not really
- 23/01/2012 10:35:39 PM
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Depends on what you see as the point of literature.
- 24/01/2012 08:14:07 AM
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