No.1662
I've been told that if I enjoyed Tolkien's works, I would like this one, too. Can /arda/ confirm this?
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No.1885
Like LotR, it's one of the greatest sci-fi or fantasy series ever, it's written by a Catholic with strong but not overt Catholic themes, and it features an absolutely virtuosic use of the English language.
In almost every other respect, it is totally unlike the LotR.
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No.1890
>>1885
I agree with the general sentiment, but I found the plot incredibly lacking and I don't think it measures up to Dune in terms of greatest sci-fi.
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No.1895
>>1890
I can respectfully disagree but understand where you're coming from about 'Dune', and while I think 'incredibly lacking' might be going a bit far, I'll agree that the series is not the mostly tightly plotted group of novels ever written. Especially when compared to Tolkien, whose works are, above all else, excellent stories, whereas Wolfe uses his stories as vehicles for ideas, characters, and lush settings.
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No.1911
I've read Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique stories and the first two of Jack Vance's Dying Earth books. What's similar and different in The Book of the New Sun compared to those?
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