I think you hit one thing on the head, Saucepan Man! If we wait long enough, the best fantasy will eventually be sorted into "classics." I have seen H.P. Lovecraft in the Classics section in bookstores recently, where, only 10 years ago, he was classified as a hack. Even Edgar Allan Poe was called a hack in his day. Now he's a classic! Perhaps all we need is patience and a Numenorian lifespan! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Cheers,
Lyta
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“…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”
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