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Old 22nd December 2007, 04:21 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Re: Difference between Tolkien and the 'modern Fantasy' authors?

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more fluff or useless descriptions
Such as? Try and find a "useless description" in Tolkien: there's always a reason for description - it helps to define and describe events, people, places, etc.

Cut the descriptive parts out of any book, and you'll end up with a fast-paced, lean, sparse story, which is about as interesting to read as a telephone directory.

If you don't want descriptions in a book, read Martin Amis or Monica Ali: don't bother reading fantasy or SF - by its very nature, it's going to need information about differences between that world and ours, and that means descriptive prose.
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