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I bought The Sword of Shanarra when it first came out, read a little of it and threw it across the room in disgust (well, no, I wasn't that physical, but I refused to read any more). It was deliberate. The book came out not too long after Tolkien died and people were wanting "more of the same". (That was, of course, well before the HOME books started to be published.) According to Tom Shippey, it was actually commissioned by the publishers. I suppose the series must have something to it if people are still buying it after all these years, but I just can't bring myself to read the novels. There are plenty of first-class fantasy novels out there that don't pinch someone else's plotlines.
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