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Old 06-28-2007, 11:46 PM   #28
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But I am not much interested in the current crop of fantasists. It seems I read less and less fantasies as they years pass. Once one has read T.H. White and Tolkien, the rest seem rather blase'.
Oh come on - its not that bad - John Crowley's 'Little, Big' is excellent & Hope Mirlee's 'Lud in the Mist' is quite beautiful. Poul Anderson's 'The Broken Sword' is also well worth reading. And let's not leave out Dunsany, Eddison & Peake. Trouble is Tolkien set too high a standard.
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