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Orual · 11-12-2002, 07:27 PM

Detail, talent, and soul. Nobody writes like Tolkien anymore--he poured so much of himself into that work, so much attention, so much time, and, like you said, so much detail. But it was also the characters--if you can find me another Samwise Gamgee in any other work, I'll eat my hat. His characters are so complete that you feel you know them, and even the villains (with the possible exception of Sauron) are...not "likeable," but...oh, I don't know. I can't find the word. But there's a certain magic about LotR that nobody else has been able to replicate, and I don't think that anybody could ever hope to.

~*~Orual~*~

11-12-2002, 07:27 PM	#43
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 883	Detail, talent, and soul. Nobody writes like Tolkien anymore--he poured so much of himself into that work, so much attention, so much time, and, like you said, so much detail. But it was also the characters--if you can find me another Samwise Gamgee in any other work, I'll eat my hat. His characters are so complete that you feel you know them, and even the villains (with the possible exception of Sauron) are...not "likeable," but...oh, I don't know. I can't find the word. But there's a certain magic about LotR that nobody else has been able to replicate, and I don't think that anybody could ever hope to. ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"