Originality in fantasy Post-Tolkien

[Gothmog]

Originally Posted by Eruwen

It amazes me sometimes how much is in Tolkien's writings of Middle Earth. Whenever I sit down to read or write, even when it comes to reading the Bible, I find things that resemble Tolkien.

I doubt that the Bible is inspired by Tolkien

It's true that many of the fantasy stories written after LotR are similiar, but I thinks it's unevitable that authors get inspired by Tolkiens world. They're not copying (well, there are those who do) and I think they deserve full respect for they're work, which is unique for them. OK, they borrow some stuff from the master himself, mr JRRT, but almost every book ever written is similiar to something else.

To say that all fantasy-writers are copying Tolkien is like saying that every story copies from the great ancient play-writers that made masterpieces like The Oddysée (is it spelled like that in Eng. ?) or Oidiphus etc etc...

Just my opinion