Scisca said:
Nuvendil said:
Gotta strongly disagree on that comparison of Tolkien's collective works to the Witcher. And I'm being totally objective here. His works are overall quite mature, thank you very much.
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I've never said it's not. Just that Sapkowski's is more mature, which in my opinion is an obvious fact. Tolkien is great, but he has always been frank about the fact that he was trying to write a tale for children. On the other hand Sapkowski deals with problems like racism, the search of your identity, etc. Just like Game of Thrones is more mature, so is The Witcher Saga.
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When did "Tolkien's works" become The Hobbit and nothing else? Lord of the Rings is definitely above most children for its depth, at least adolescent level but the target is definitely adults for its vocabulary range alone. But the Silmarillion? Children of Hûrin? Those are most definitely not children's works, not by a long shot. Those works definitely deal with mature themes. Just because he is more restrained when it comes to graphicness doesn't make his work "children's" literature.
