Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy & Sci-Fi Recommendations?
To : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu May 08 2025 02:39 pm
-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-
Ni> Re: Re: Good Older Fantasy & Sci-Fi Recommendations?
Ni> By: Gamgee to Foriest Jan Smith on Thu May 08 2025 08:40 am
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.
I think the movies would be better for you if you had read the books
first. This is true for many movies, of course, but maybe especially
for this collection due to the large number of places and characters.
It helps to know something of the story before trying to understand the
movies, which leave out a lot of details.
But I also understand that this genre isn't for everybody.
