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**lindil** · 01-12-2001, 10:30 AM

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Tolkien soars above all [w/ one exception in my book] for reasons already belaboured on my longish werewolf post and the magic poll].

However I have always had a soft spot for CS LEwis and LeGuin's earthsea trilogy . an excellent treatment of magic and responsibility. although not near as deep is great for teens [read souls still being moulded and formed] and is good solid writing.

This may shock some , but I think John Crowley author of Little,Big and Engine Summmer are as good as Tolkien in many respects, not all though . Engine summer can often be found in used bookstores and is incredible.

But I agree w/ BW that there is a large amount of pulp out there that falls under Sturgeon's law: " 90 % of everything is crap. And I heartily second 'the keep the polls to a dull roar' movement or am I firsting it?
Anyway I agree!

One big reason JRRT is head and shoulders above all*, is that he had a classical education, the likes of which prob. does not exist anymore, suffered no brain damage from sitting to close to a computer screen[ for way too many hours] or using a cell phone , read hundreds of mythologies in dozen's of language's, went to a relatively traditional Church on a very frequent basis and took his religion very seriously [and took great pains to convert his frienfd CS lewis] and drank much of his ale before the advent of pesticides.

lindil

"What then was this hope , if you know ?" Finrod asked "They say" answered Andreth :" they say that the One will himself enter into Arda , and heal Men and all the Marring from the begining to the end." Lindil is often found on posting on the 'New Revised Standard' Silmarillion at the Barrowdowns discussion board. </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 1/12/01 11:34:58 am

01-12-2001, 10:30 AM	#9
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 191</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Other authors Tolkien soars above all [w/ one exception in my book] for reasons already belaboured on my longish werewolf post and the magic poll]. However I have always had a soft spot for CS LEwis and LeGuin's earthsea trilogy . an excellent treatment of magic and responsibility. although not near as deep is great for teens [read souls still being moulded and formed] and is good solid writing. This may shock some , but I think John Crowley author of Little,Big and Engine Summmer are as good as Tolkien in many respects, not all though . Engine summer can often be found in used bookstores and is incredible. But I agree w/ BW that there is a large amount of pulp out there that falls under Sturgeon's law: " 90 % of everything is crap. And I heartily second 'the keep the polls to a dull roar' movement or am I firsting it? Anyway I agree! One big reason JRRT is head and shoulders above all, is that he had a classical education, the likes of which prob. does not exist anymore, suffered no brain damage from sitting to close to a computer screen[ for way too many hours] or using a cell phone , read hundreds of mythologies in dozen's of language's, went to a relatively traditional Church on a very frequent basis and took his religion very seriously [and took great pains to convert his frienfd CS lewis] and drank much of his ale before the advent of pesticides. lindil "What then was this hope , if you know ?" Finrod asked "They say" answered Andreth :" they say that the One will himself enter into Arda , and heal Men and all the Marring from the begining to the end." Lindil is often found on posting on the 'New Revised Standard' Silmarillion at the Barrowdowns discussion board. </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 1/12/01 11:34:58 am* __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.