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Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-05-2017, 10:30 PM
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Posted By Zigūr
Hmm. I read The Hobbit first and am very attached...

Hmm. I read The Hobbit first and am very attached to it, but I must say personally I didn't find Books I and II of The Lord of the Rings redundant. It's an interesting point of view, just one I can't...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-05-2017, 10:59 AM
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Views: 39,408
Posted By Zigūr
"Mass market" was probably a poor choice of words...

"Mass market" was probably a poor choice of words on my part; I was meaning to compare his writing to the kind of thing that is written to be easily digestible in a cynical attempt to have a wide...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-05-2017, 09:58 AM
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Posted By Zigūr
I wonder if the "good world-builder, bad 'writer'...

I wonder if the "good world-builder, bad 'writer' " arguments tend to come from readers of Fantasy who are used to less considered (and at times less challenging) prose produced for a mass market.
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-31-2014, 08:15 AM
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Posted By Zigūr
I think I would have to be very thin-skinned to...

I think I would have to be very thin-skinned to object to people claiming that The Lord of the Rings is boring. Lots of people think it's boring. I don't, but plenty do.

The main objections seem...
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