I haven't read Alan Garner, but I have read loads of other fantasy books that are unattractively comparable to Tolkien.
Who published first, Tolkien or Garner?
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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