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Old 08-05-2006, 06:26 AM   #24
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Oh my oh my oh my. Yes I have. And not only heard but read. Yet the Animorphs are in an entirely different league than Pratchett, I venture to suggest. Your comment, tgwbs prompts me to go back to look at a few issues.
Ah, I'm quite apprehensive about what all the "oh my"s may mean.

I'd have to agree that the two are completely different on practically every level - showing what a wide variety of genres and styles Tolkien does manage to influence. However, looking back over the Animorphs (I was up until about one last night reading all the synopses), it would be unwise to write them off as a children's series. Lots of deeper issues are explored, surprisingly for a series aimed at people so young.

And I just found an extra bit of Tolkien in the Animorphs- "Gondor Industries."
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