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submitted 11 months ago by pbjsandwich
[–]dermballs 8 points9 points10 points 11 months ago
Read: Ever fantasy novel ever compared to Lord of the Rings.
[–]genesis11 1 point2 points3 points 11 months ago
Upvoted for truth. But not only the novels, computer games, board games, movies, etc.
[–]iliveinyoureyelid 13 points14 points15 points 11 months ago
I'm not sure that's a completely fair comparison. There are way too many popular stories that are far too derivative of the Lord of the Rings. At least Rowling wrote her books with a great deal of creative flair compared to others (Jordan, Brooks). And the Hero's journey archetype existed long before Tolkien.
[–]azzie_elbub 3 points4 points5 points 11 months ago
Relevant.
[–]pbjsandwich[S] -2 points-1 points0 points 11 months ago
Don't worry, I grew up on Harry Potter, it will always be the most incredible series in my mind and my children will read/ have read to them, all the books as was done to me.
[–]Dark_Shroud -1 points0 points1 point 11 months ago
Your mind is weak & limited. There are plenty of better books besides Tolkien's.
A nice single shot is Howl's Moving Castle. The Chronicles of Narina obviously. Anything by Ed Greenwood. R.A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzit series is also very good. Those are just the tip of the literary fantasy world's iceberg.
[–]Gizank -1 points0 points1 point 11 months ago
This was all I could think of when I read your comment.
[–]DaSeraph 1 point2 points3 points 11 months ago
Now someone add in a third line for Star Wars!
[–]paracog 1 point2 points3 points 11 months ago*
A Wizard of Earthsea: School of magic, arrogant aristocratic student enemy, forbidden forest, personal dark side. What sets these books off are Rowling's flair for humor, wonderful names for things, incredibly detailed and soaring narrative arc, character evolution, and setting in relationship to a modern England.
[–]FishInTheTrees 0 points1 point2 points 11 months ago
I grew up with this, and I thought I was alone...
[–]pbjsandwich[S] 1 point2 points3 points 11 months ago
my first reaction was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRX6LXDpWs
[–]dropbearphobia 0 points1 point2 points 11 months ago
I think you mean LOTR and Beowulf, see last week's post of this exact fucking link.
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l3bo0/no_one_will_ever_notice/
[–]pbjsandwich[S] -1 points0 points1 point 11 months ago
didn't even know to be honest.
[–]aneusoit 0 points1 point2 points 11 months ago
last frame got me.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 11 months ago
Gimli is a "bearded, funny, uncle-like guy"? Someone saw the movie but didn't read the book...
You're describing Peter Jackson's Gimli. Not Tolkien's. And Peter Jackson's Gimli was created after Rowling's Hagrid, so she didn't really copy that. But yeah, Rowling sucks IMO.
[–]reddit_clone 0 points1 point2 points 11 months ago
Gimli is a "bearded, funny, uncle-like guy"? Someone saw the movie but didn't read the book..
Indeed I was disappointed by the portrayal of Gimli in the movies.
Gimly is a tough bastard in the books. Movies made him out to be a buffoon.
[–]Phoequinox -3 points-2 points-1 points 11 months ago
Funny illustration, but I'm getting sick of this comparison. They're nothing alike. Fucking stop it.
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