| Re: Is it me or is it Tolkien?
Tolkein could quite easily have crammed the contents of the LOTR trilogy into a novel the size of TFOTR by omitting 'irrelevant' parts of the story like the meeting with Bombadil and created a roller-coaster thrill-a-minute action packed blockbuster
Thankfully he DIDN'T , and held the reader's hand on a journey through the magical land of Middle Earth. In fact the action sequences are made even more exciting after a period of leisurely paced inactivity
Many modern authors would do well to remember that something exciting or dramatic doesn't have to take place on every other page of their novel. However most literature these days is tailor made for the consumer's needs these days , with profit margins being the overriding consideration. Perhaps it's time to give the current geneartion of readers something different |