Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy &
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Cougar428
Date : Fri May 09 2025 09:23:16

-=> Quoting Nightfox to Gamgee <=-

 Ni> Re: Re: Good Older Fantasy & Sci-Fi Recommendations?
 Ga> Well, again the "gold standard" (IMHO) of this genre is The Lord of the
 Ga> Rings.  Three books, doesn't get any better.  Oh - there is a "prequel" to
 Ga> these three called "The Hobbit", which should DEFINITELY be read first.

 Ni> When I was a kid, I'd heard of The Hobbit, but I'd never heard of Lord
 Ni> of the Rings until the movies came out..  I tried to watch them but
 Ni> found myself a bit bored with them.  The genre isn't really my thing. 
 Ni> Nightfox

 I read the hobbit during my high school years and was fascinated by it.
 I did eventually read the whole series and was never dissapointed. The
 movies leave quite a lot out of the story, but there's no way movies
 can replace your imagination while reading a book. This is not a
 detriment to the craft, just a case of comparing your mind's eye to a
 movie directors vision. As you mentioned you may have gotten bored with
 them, they didn't include what makes them fascinating to readers.

 Movies last for a an hour or two, the books took me (as a teenager)
 many days to read and enjoy.

 Cougar

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