Oct 24, 2024
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It’s almost as if Tolkien used Middle Earth as a backdrop for different styles of story telling. The Hobbit is a kids
Book, complete with even a “golf joke” by Gandalf which doesn’t fit with the seriousness of the lore.
LOTR is what we’d call high fantasy now, but was an adventure novel. Hurin is a Greek tragedy, and the prose is written as such.
The styles are completely different and they are all great.
It’s a shame he couldn’t live long enough to finish and polish more tales.
LOTR is what we’d call high fantasy now, but was an adventure novel. Hurin is a Greek tragedy, and the prose is written as such.
The styles are completely different and they are all great.
It’s a shame he couldn’t live long enough to finish and polish more tales.
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For the Tolkien nerds: I recently just finished reading the Silmarillion for the first time. Here's my experience.
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