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Will i enjoy LoTR if i really like ASOIF? Which one is better?
Let's ignore the fact that LoTR came first, and is a major inspiration of almost EVERY fantasy series after it.
Do you know the shit JR Tolkien did to make Lord of the Rings? He made THE ELVISH FUCKING LANGUAGE
A NUANCED LANGUAGE
WITH FUCKING PARTIAL IMPERFECT TENSE
A GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT, COHERENT LANGUAGE
AND ON THE BASIS OF THAT LANGUAGE, AND SEVERAL OTHER FUCKING LANGUAGES, HE MADE THE HOBBIT
YES
HE WROTE THE LANGUAGE BEFORE THE FUCKING STORY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_constructed_by_J._R._R._Tolkien
BEFORE THE FUCKING PREQUEL STORY TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS, HE WROTE A LANGUAGE
HE WROTE A FUCKING GIGANTIC BACKSTORY, TOO
WITH GODS, AND DEMONS, AND ANGELS, AND SHIT THAT MAKES THE THEOGENY LOOK LIKE AMATEUR HOUR
AND ONLY THEN
ONLY AFTER CREATING SEVERAL FUCKING LANGUAGES
DID HE WRITE THE PREQUEL
YES
THE FUCKING PREQUEL
TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS
AND HERE YOU ARE
YOU FILTHY, FUCKING PLEBIAN
TRYING TO TELL ME THAT TENZIN INFO DUMPING A CORNY COMIC BOOK VILLAIN BACKSTORY
IS THE SAME CALIBER OF WRITING
AS THE MAN
WHO MADE
SEVERAL
FUCKING
LANGUAGES
KILL YOURSELF
SERIOUSLY
KILL YOUR FUCKING SELF
SOMEONE PUTS EFFORT INTO SOMETHING AND CREATES A MASTERPIECE, AND YOU SEE IT THE SAME AS THE SHIT A 9-5ER SPEWED OUT IN A WRITER'S ROOM
>>7411934
tl;dr: tolkien was an autist about his made up bullshit therefore he is better
not very compelling
>>7411906
no, because there's no sex in it
>>7411934
Sorry but the amount of effort put into something doesn't necessarily make it good.
Its extremely admirable, I like LOTR and Tolkien but his having made a language is practically irrelevant
All that really matters is the EFFECT of his prose and the story.
>>7411906
No
Truth is, LotR is a travel guide masquerading as a herbal descriptive manual moon-lighting as a info-dump for Tolkein world's part-timing as an actual story
The prose needs to be cut through with a sabre, did he have no editor? I was incredibly surprised how dull and overwritten it is considering its near biblical status. And ignore anyone who asserts that Tolkein could write a character worth a damn. They are all thinner in development than even the likes of Harry Potter's cast. Just watch the movies and be content with that
>>7411934I had a sensible chuckle. I posted in that thread pro Tolkienofc.
>>7411906
>>7411934
Fucking thank you
The two aren't even comparable
GRRM is a dimestore novelist who got lucky
LoTR has no sex or boobs.
>>7411906
>Will i enjoy LoTR
No. You might enjoy the Conan stories though.
>Which one is better?
LoTR is better
>>7411906
They're both shit compared to P. K. K. Rosenthal's Kingdoms of Toranda series.
>>7411906
>that RotK
>using Hobbit art for Lord of the Rings
>>7411934
I'm a fan of this pasta.
Honestly, LoTR is the only genre fiction worth reading.
>>7413457
The hobbit also
LotR is a monumental work of something adjacent to literature. He builds a perfect world and then tells the perfect story to tell within that world. It's riveting and compelling and it will make you think about the nature of detail in fiction and it's power in making the unreal real. It is a different thing than ASOIF, not as easy to read at the beginning. I loved both, though. Although I have many complaints about the latter. I love LotR unreservedly
>>7413898
But both have a lot of similarities too.
>>7413221
I want to read that series so bad
>>7411906
You'd probably like it. Most everyone here will tell you that the LoTR is far superior (including myself). Read The Hobbit before LoTR, partly because it was written first and provides a lot of background and partly becausein many ways it is the superior work
>>7413374
I noticed that too. At least it's Tolkein's own illustration.
>>7411906
>Not posting "The Folio Society" edition...
>>7414109
this
>>7411934
Wonderful pasta.
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>>7411934
>>7414081
is this bait ?
if you are 9 years old, please do read the hobbit.
if not skip it. Lord of the rings is three times better.
>>7412086
>All that really matters is the EFFECT
Damn utilitarians ruining everything.
>>7415071
I think he's right, its like some works of art that relies too much in explaining the meaning behind it "look this lines of painting represent the current state of our society, and this red spot here represents capitalism" it doesn't really matter if the work is not capable on convey it by itself
