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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rhudladion:<BR><STRONG><P>I don't know why I am wasting my time on someone who thinks "It's a story, and I think their are better ones out their, and it actually makes for a better film than a book." How in the Hell did you get a membership on this site? I think this is grounds for a filtering process! Have you ever read the LOTR?<P>P.S. I don't trust your sister.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Kids, play nice!<BR>We all seem to be pretty passionate about what we're talking about here, but let's not go for each other's throats just yet!<BR>As for calling Tolkien's work "fantasy", I personally agree with that title, and see nothing negative in it. I guess it's another "f" word like "feminist"-when people hear it, they cringe. But the title "fantasy" in its purest sense does not demote a book to some lower level of significance or quality. Yes, Tolkien's works ARE <I>Literature</I>, but the word itself is used to describe a large body of diverse books, such as plain fiction, science fiction, Native American studies, women's studies, horror and all that other good stuff (imagine how hard it would be to organize a Barnes & Noble store without these classifications).<BR>As for Tolkien, I went to buy my own set of LotR books last night, and was pleased to discover that he had his <I>own</I> separate section in the general vicinity of the generic "fantasy" shelves. Now, for those that thought the movie sucked...At least it has brought more attention to our good J.R. now, and new converts shall arrive! (I'm one of them) And what's so bad about that?