Forum: Bryce


Subject: Some complaining

Stoner opened this issue on Apr 11, 2005 ยท 59 posts


tjohn posted Wed, 13 April 2005 at 11:41 PM

I think (only think mind you, haven't done the research and have to run off to work soon) that the fantasy work of Edgar Rice Burroughs might have come earlier than just about anything else listed, including Tolkien. If you like Fantasy, Burroughs is much more than Tarzan. There are the Pellucidar novels, the Mars novels, etc. A huge body of work, really, and I found it much more accessible than Tolkien. I must admit after trying twice to get further than 30 pages into the Hobbit, I gave up. It just seemed so repetitive and, I'm sorry, dull. This hobbit comes in, says something, sits down, another hobbit comes in, says something sits down, another hobbit comes in, says something sits down, another...It really did seem to go on and on this way. Maybe it was only because I'd just finished reading Dune (which kept me up all night, I literally couldn't put it down). And before that, A Canticle for Leibowitz. Other than Dune, I don't know how many of these books are still in print. I really should give Tolkien another chance, but I seem to read more magazines than novels these days, my attention span seems to be getting shorter as I get older...more pudding please. John

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