Subj : Re: Good Older Fantasy &
To : BORAXMAN
From : Cougar428
Date : Fri May 09 2025 09:23 am
-=> Quoting Boraxman to Gamgee <=-
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"
Ga> to these three called "The Hobbit", which should DEFINITELY be read
Ga> first.
Ga> That should keep you busy for a little while. ;-)
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.
Long live iD! I loved most all of their games, everything they did was
gold for me. Simple enjoyment...
Cougar
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