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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
Wow - I've seen some reasonable critiques of Tolkien, but Brin's essay is surprisingly muddled and imperceptive. I seem to remember an equally brainless tirade against Star Wars from him. Has anyone read actually read anything by him? Is his fiction any good or is it as uninspired as this?
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I read one of his stories which was pretty good, I think it was called "Crystalline spheres" or something like that. Maybe a good storyteller, but he's not as bright with essays. As far as I look at it, he's quite "out", but there's more essays like this out there (and it will take several Downs'
forums to examine them all
)... personally I don't bother with them, or at least don't let them influence my opinions on Tolkien (though if there is anything that may enlighten me on same point, I seek and check if it fits and then I may even learn something...).