Posted by Magtograme on November 9, 2000 at 11:44:54:
In Reply to: Re: THE authoritive answer :P yeah right posted by slartabartfast on November 8, 2000 at 18:50:45:
> This is the second time I've seen you write this so I am going to respond. Never say never.. :P I ran through all of his stuff when I was in my early teens. I really enjoyed the Silmarillion as well as the trilogy back then. I put it down for a long time (25 years or so). At some point in the last year I decided to re-read some of it and I remembered why I found it mesmorizing the first time. Tolkien can flat out describe people, places and food (Bombadil's table) as well as I've ever read. If you are in the action packed, edge of your seat, the more blood the better stage of your reading career, it isn't going to float your boat. But I will bet you here and now that when you are old and grey and have read EVERYTHING at least once, you will pick it up with a different set of eyes than you have now. In closing, lay off Tolkien! :P > Since there was a request for a good read: > Excession (Ion Banks) youre probably right - but I doubt in my death bed I will have a craving to read the books again. I loved the books hobbit/rings trilogy which I read when I was 12 or 13 - but seriously doubt I will read them again. each to his own though.
> > cant stand Tolkein - really I cant read his books since I was twelve (too boring). Though I will watch the movies.
> Pure sci-fi that although has a bit of oddity to it left me pondering the nature of the universe.
Im probably even more tainted as a friend preaches tolkein like he is god (which has turned me off even further). While Tolkein really kicked off the genre he simply isnt too my tastes anymore, and theres tons of other books I would read again over tolkein.
Basically I think Tolkein is for a younger age group (and he does a superb job - Im not knocking him) - and I dont tend to want to read any of the books I read when I was that young.