LotR=?
 

Ok, basically try to find other books/films which have characters/settings etc. almost identical to LotR. (the most obvious one is Harry Potter, eg.
Wormtail?Wormtongue,
Invisibility cloak?Cloak of Lorien

• Wormtail => Wormtongue,
• Invisibility cloak => Cloak of Lorien,

etc., etc.
You get the point. However, try to come up with other books apart from HP... http://www.smilies.nl/dieren/grommit.gif

[ November 11, 2002: Message edited by: LePetitChoux ]

[ January 11, 2003: Message edited by: LePetitChoux ]

The Magic Three of Solatia

Three Elven Rings, one all powerful ring => Three magic buttons, third rules the other 2

Dark Lord with many personalities => Evil Wizard with many personalities

Garath (birth name, became Belgarath) - Gandalf

Garion (reluctant hero...hmmm...) - Frodo

Lelldoran - Legolas

C'Nedra - Eowyn

Barak - Beorn

Polgara - a grouchy Arwen

Oh...what's his name? Began with an "R" I think: The Horse Lord - Aragorn

Silk - Smeagol when good and Sam all in one

Mandorallen - an uncorrupted Boromir

This is all in the David Eddings series (you know, "Polgara the Sorceress", "Belgarath the Sorcerer", etc.)

EDIT: just remembered the horse lord's name: Dernik (roughly spelled). Okay: didn't begin with an R...

[ November 12, 2002: Message edited by: VanimaEdhel ]

The Fionavar Gobeline (by Guy Gavriel kay):
Lisen (most beautiful of all, falls in love with mortal man, sacrifice her life for him) = Lúthien
Dark dangerous forest, which I can't remember the name of = Mirkwood
Dark lord captured in a mountain = Sauron
Middle-earth = Fionavar (the maps look alike)
Erú = The Weaver
History of ME = History of Fionavar
Elves going west when they leave Middle-earth/Fionavar = well, you choose which of them... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Sorry I can't remember the names, I find it annoying too.

VanimaEdhel, I know who you are talking about, allthough I'm not so sure he was named Dernik - did you check the books? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

The Sword of Shannara (by Terry brooks):
Flick = Sam
Shea = Frodo
Allanon = Gandalf
etc. etc. with the characters
Shire = Valley of Shadows (is that the correct name? I've only read the Danish translation, so I have to guess on the "real" names)
Mordor = Kingdom of Skulls (? again [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )
Moria = those dark halls of kings or something, they have to pass to go to Paranor
Paranor = Isengard?

Hope it's okay I did two in the same post [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
And if you know the names of all the things I mentioned with a wrong name, please let me know [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ November 17, 2002: Message edited by: Melephelwen ]

Amazing!... I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about!

That was a poinlesss post, I apologise.

How about the obvious resemblances with the Ring of the Nibelungen? Hey, wait, that was before Tolkien...

Well, this isn't exactly a book, but... Have any of y'all ever seen Babylon 5? You should see the similarities there!
B-5 vs. LOTR
Rangers - Rangers
Sheridan falls off this place in Zha-ha-dum, comes back when thought dead - Gandalf falls of bridge of Kha-zad-dum(sp?), and comes back when thought dead
Grey council - White council

Well, I think there are more, but I can't remember at the time.
Arwen

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:
Aragog, the giant Spider, and all his sons and daughters

In LOTR:
Shelob, the giant Spider

In The Hobbit:
the giant spiders of Mirkwood

I forget how to spell his name. I know it's pronounced Dernik, but I forget whether it's Dernik or Durnik.

Thought hard about it, VanimaEdhel, and I think the Sendarian smith is Durnik, and the horse lord is something else, which I forget everytime I get close to remembering... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

That's right...I meant whoever Polgara married...haven't read that series since I was seven, so I forgot so much of it...

Isn't Sendaria a lot like "Sindarin"?

LotR=>Harry Potter (comparison)

Ringwraiths=>dementors (book3)

To add to gralin's post...
Blackguard => Blackheart (what Ungoliant calls Feanor)

I love that book!!!

Being the Shannara fan that I am, I will help by correcting you. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Shire= Shady Vale
Mordor= Skull Kingdom

And here are some additions from the Sword of Shannara:
Aragorn= Balinor
Minas Tirith= Tyrsis
Gimli= Hendel
Legolas= a combination of Durin and Dayel
Merry= Menion Leah
Rivendell= Arborlon (though it's not exactly in the SoS)
Nazgul= Skull Bearers
Sauron= Warlock Lord
orcs= gnomes

Alright, the Sword of Shannara may be quite similar to LOTR, but I love that darn book (though not as much as LOTR). Plus, that's only one out 11 Shannara books. The rest are completely different from LOTR. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I suppose that the Ringwraiths are quite similar to the Dementors in Harry Potter. But last time I checked, Ringwraiths were not soul-sucking fiends, as are Dementors. They are both, of course, servants of a higher dark power but I really don't think that Dementors were men at one time. And the chilling fear their presence inspires is similar, too.

OK, so I'm a Harry Potter maniac. So what! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Recently I've been trying to calm my anxiousness by reading fanfiction, but I want the next book really bad!