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Iarwain · 03-05-2003, 05:34 PM

Nice link, Turambar. Apparently I've read more fantasy than I thought. I've read five books on the list, and six more related to those. (1,3,10,26,41)

That's nice that your teacher was familiar with Tolkien, Inkling. I've never had that experience. My current English teacher is a tad on the annoying side and is completely uninterested. Very few of the people I know have read Tolkien. Others claim to know the story through the films (which they do not). They use their former knowledge to cancel out and verify whatever I say on the topic, so its sort of hard to educate them. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] The only reason Tolkien could possibly be considered Sci-Fi is if Fantasy and Sci-Fi were merged.

Iarwain

03-05-2003, 05:34 PM	#66
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 802	Nice link, Turambar. Apparently I've read more fantasy than I thought. I've read five books on the list, and six more related to those. (1,3,10,26,41) That's nice that your teacher was familiar with Tolkien, Inkling. I've never had that experience. My current English teacher is a tad on the annoying side and is completely uninterested. Very few of the people I know have read Tolkien. Others claim to know the story through the films (which they do not). They use their former knowledge to cancel out and verify whatever I say on the topic, so its sort of hard to educate them. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] The only reason Tolkien could possibly be considered Sci-Fi is if Fantasy and Sci-Fi were merged. Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"