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Megari · 3rd June 2008, 12:23 PM

Tolkien's LOTR and the Hobbit is just first of its genre, and the tone, characterisation and all that is simply byproduct of the time and environment he was from.

Nowadays there are so many selection of fantasy novels to choose from, so contemporary fantasy authors are being driven to find ways to create worlds, characters and dialogues that stands out from others, to grip you and to engage you quickly as a reader. We're more fussy nowadays. Consumer sovereignty and all that you know.

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Megari Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia, New South Wales Posts: 4	Re: Difference between Tolkien and the 'modern Fantasy' authors? Tolkien's LOTR and the Hobbit is just first of its genre, and the tone, characterisation and all that is simply byproduct of the time and environment he was from. Nowadays there are so many selection of fantasy novels to choose from, so contemporary fantasy authors are being driven to find ways to create worlds, characters and dialogues that stands out from others, to grip you and to engage you quickly as a reader. We're more fussy nowadays. Consumer sovereignty and all that you know.