<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I liked the Lord of the Rings much better than The Narnia series. They weren't quite descriptive enough for me. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> Just a note: I'm sure the better part of die-hard Tolkein fans would feel this way; the Chronicles don't have near the detail or description, depth of language, history... However, they were not meant to. That is one of the differences I was referring to. Lewis wrote them for a younger audience, and deliberately wrote in a way that was conducive to being read out loud. They were written with slightly different purposes and styles, but still- each has its own place.
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