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WestCoastRam said:
I'm agnostic on LOR... I honestly don't get it
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Huge on LotR - the books and the first three movies. It’s probably because I worship Tolkien’s world-building, and think, “If I could have a tenth of his (Tolkien’s) world-building, a tenth of Stephen King’s character development, and a tenth of Edgar Allan Poe’s prose, that would be enough to make me legendary as a writer.”

…Yeah, I love Tolkien’s world-building and there are very few who come close. The man wrote six new languages for his books, wrote the land - to an outstandingly detailed extent - of Middle-Earth and beyond Middle-Earth, and whole lineages for men, elves, dwarves, ents, and the Maiar and Valar; that should tell you how purely dedicated to world-building he was.

And his characters were underrated as well, and the lore behind them makes the movies pale in comparison - and the movies weren’t bad when it came to actor/actress portrayal.
 
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Memento said:
Huge on LotR - the books and the first three movies. It’s probably because I worship Tolkien’s world-building, and think, “If I could have a tenth of his (Tolkien’s) world-building, a tenth of Stephen King’s character development, and a tenth of Edgar Allan Poe’s prose, that would be enough to make me legendary as a writer.”

…Yeah, I love Tolkien’s world-building and there are very few who come close. The man wrote six new languages for his books, wrote the land - to an outstandingly detailed extent - of Middle-Earth and beyond Middle-Earth, and whole lineages for men, elves, dwarves, ents, and the Maiar and Valar; that should tell you how purely dedicated to world-building he was.

And his characters were underrated as well, and the lore behind them makes the movies pale in comparison - and the movies weren’t bad when it came to actor/actress portrayal.
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I've read some of your stuff, years ago so I can't remember it specifically, but can remember thinking you're a pretty good writer!
 
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Memento said:
Huge on LotR - the books and the first three movies. It’s probably because I worship Tolkien’s world-building, and think, “If I could have a tenth of his (Tolkien’s) world-building, a tenth of Stephen King’s character development, and a tenth of Edgar Allan Poe’s prose, that would be enough to make me legendary as a writer.”

…Yeah, I love Tolkien’s world-building and there are very few who come close. The man wrote six new languages for his books, wrote the land - to an outstandingly detailed extent - of Middle-Earth and beyond Middle-Earth, and whole lineages for men, elves, dwarves, ents, and the Maiar and Valar; that should tell you how purely dedicated to world-building he was.

And his characters were underrated as well, and the lore behind them makes the movies pale in comparison - and the movies weren’t bad when it came to actor/actress portrayal.
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The only writer that comes close is Robert Jordan - his world building was excellent as well. And he was also great in character development. I mean who makes a character that is so annoying at the beginning and is possibly my favorite character at the end.
 
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Let’s not forget Frank Herbert, my fave.

35 thousand years of lore is… impressive, especially when he included so much diverse religious and political and economic diversity.
 
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Mackeyser said:
Let’s not forget Frank Herbert, my fave.

35 thousand years of lore is… impressive, especially when he included so much diverse religious and political and economic diversity.
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I liked almost every one of his books except for the God Emperor of Dune - I found it extremely boring. Took me forever to finish it. Children of Dune wasn't that great either.

And you know I got shit for reading Dune because they read that it was written at a high school level of writing not knowing that is a high level of writing. Only thing higher are college textbooks.
 
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I liked almost every one of his books except for the God Emperor of Dune - I found it extremely boring. Took me forever to finish it. Children of Dune wasn't that great either.

And you know I got shit for reading Dune because they read that it was written at a high school level of writing not knowing that is a high level of writing. Only thing higher are college textbooks.
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Chapterhouse: Dune got me.

I met Frank Herbert in April of 1986 as he was doing his book tour for Chapterhouse: Dune at A Change of Hobbit bookstore on Lincoln Blvd in Santa Monica, CA as a senior in high school. Got the book signed. Not many of those signed since he died like 2 months later.

I LOVED God Emperor of Dune…Children of Dune as well.

Children of Dune helped me realize that for all he went through, Paul Muad’dib was a bitch… maybe I’m being harsh, but Leto II didn’t flinch.
 
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