Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy &
To   : Boraxman
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Fri May 09 2025 10:22:42

-=> Boraxman wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Bo> My uncle lent me Lord of the Rings when I was 9 or so.  He was quite
 Bo> the Tolkein
 Bo> fan, but as far as I know, not into fantasy, just Tolkein.  I had
 Bo> already read the Hobbit by then, and quite enjoyed it, but the size of
 Bo> Lord of the Rings was daunting and the pace slower.  It sat on the back
 Bo> burner and I didn't read it until much later in life.  It IS the gold
 Bo> standard of fantasy, and set the template for many other fantasy works
 Bo> later.  Tolkein was to fantasy what iD Software was to First Person
 Bo> Shooters, but to be honest, that may be UNDER stating it.

I know the 'races' from D&D were pulled basically from Tolkein, so he
influenced the early RPG scene too!



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