The future of Fantasy

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Different strokes for different folks. We all want to read different things. As teddyrux said above reading is always about escapism. As is film and TV media. We all have different tastes in them but is any the more superior?

I also don't think there are going to be many Tolkien clones as Tolkien is the focus if the market and direct imitation will always be frowned upon. And using similar themes won't help any better because you still need other ideas to draw on to give the work a life of its own. We *may* see more battles between darkness and light but this is a major human theme so its hardly original anyway. *smile*