Pullman rips on LOTR, others - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lush · 11-18-2007, 07:05 PM

I think you've brought up an interesting point, N. Bookstore are littered with these carbon-copies of Tolkien - and that stuff sells also. Some of it is very good... some of it is like a romance novel with dragons.

Pullman strikes me as very cerebral and high-arty, but it may very well be that the stuff that imititates Tolkien has actually replaced Tolkien in his mind. Although I do not know how that man thinks. Just total speculation.

I'd ask him if I ever met him, but what if he totally loses it then?

11-18-2007, 07:05 PM	#18
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	I think you've brought up an interesting point, N. Bookstore are littered with these carbon-copies of Tolkien - and that stuff sells also. Some of it is very good... some of it is like a romance novel with dragons. Pullman strikes me as very cerebral and high-arty, but it may very well be that the stuff that imititates Tolkien has actually replaced Tolkien in his mind. Although I do not know how that man thinks. Just total speculation. I'd ask him if I ever met him, but what if he totally loses it then? __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~