What Next To Read . . .?

Originally Posted by Hammerhand

I think you have a very narrow minded perspective on what fine literature is. It sounds to me like you want to read novels that are totally similar to the ones you are already comfortable with. Might i recommend broadening the horizons.

I'm fairly confident some people reading that post will think ill of you for comments such as 'these books are aimed at the younger generation who grew up watching Rugrats & Teletubbies' and 'I felt they were even lower in quality than the Hobbit'; both of which were unctuous, for want of a better word.

The point I am making is, there must be other great literature out there that can rival the LOTR in every sense of the word. Harry Potter hardly sounds like it.

Originally Posted by radagastly

Originally posted by Mansun:


I'd actually like to know. Are you after something more contemporary? Or more difficult? I'm up for both, but I'm a little confused where you want this thread to go.

I would want to concentrate on the intellect side of a fantasy novel here most of all, besides having great characters & ideas. The Lone Wolf books I mentioned were not novels, but they maintained a reasonable amount of intellect within them, whilst offering an excellent display of characters & ideas