Beating the non- LotR fans - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Vladivos the Rider · 10-28-2003, 01:38 PM

I thought it was amusing that Ray Mears (the survival expert) is the person promoting LotR in The Big Read. I'm not quite sure why.
I've never seen Big Brother, but have heard about Jade, though I don't know how much of that was exagerrated.
What irritates me is how it's mostly fantasy books that I've seen discriminated against - of those stating that LotR is 'rubbish' there also seem to be a large number saying similar things about Philip Pullman and Terry Pratchett etc. Yet I have not read a single article against another genre in general, such as romance or crime....

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10-28-2003, 01:38 PM	#1
Vladivos the Rider Animated Skeleton Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The dark and dusty abyss Posts: 47	I thought it was amusing that Ray Mears (the survival expert) is the person promoting LotR in The Big Read. I'm not quite sure why. I've never seen Big Brother, but have heard about Jade, though I don't know how much of that was exagerrated. What irritates me is how it's mostly fantasy books that I've seen discriminated against - of those stating that LotR is 'rubbish' there also seem to be a large number saying similar things about Philip Pullman and Terry Pratchett etc. Yet I have not read a single article against another genre in general, such as romance or crime.... [ October 28, 2003: Message edited by: Vladivos the Rider ] __________________ I don't want to achieve immortality through my works, I want to achive it by not dying.