Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy &
To : NIGHTFOX
From : Cougar428
Date : Fri May 09 2025 09:23 am
-=> 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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