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Rath on 18 September 2010
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sapphi_snake said:
Rath said:


You're being a bit too harsh on Lord of the Rings in my opinion, it is actually taken seriously by scholars as one of the great works of literature. There is a journal 'Tolkien Studies' dedicated to his works.

I don't believe that you should consider Asimov a bad author without having read his works and I don't believe you should take people seriously who consider certain genres to be inferior. I mean the romance genre has a lot of trash in it but Jane Austen's work is beautiful.

Well you gotta admit that Jane Austen is an exception to the rule. And despite those Tolkies Studies may be due to the fact that it's a very influential book (most fantasy writers have copied it's universe). The books still has a shallow story and characters. It's entertaining, but that's mostly all you get out of the book.

As for Asimov, I won't pass judgement 'till I read one of his books.

As is Tolkien the exception to the rule on fantasy being, in general, trash. His works are actually being taken seriously as one of the great works of literature of the 20th century which is why there is a literary journal on them, you're allowed to have a low opinion of it personally but that doesn't make it trash.