Cpt. Smurf

Yes indeed! That's probably the best solution :P

LotR is also a plot-driven adventure style story, but the reason I feel Tolkien's characters spring out more to me is the simple fact that they were original and exciting ...

I completely agree. LOTR, as "magnificent a creation" as it may be, is entirely humourless. This goes back to the whole human emotions thing, and, though Tolkein is an excellent ...

I've just realized that this argument is pointless, as you really can not compare books. A book is something that different people react to in different ways, some will love ...

I do not base this at all on how easy a book is or how long or anything like that. I base this completely on how much I LIKE a ...

Did he say that? Well, I'm just glad I don't take a word he says seriously. He's also responsible for the quote: I have visions of lizards. Not just little ...

I just watched that video. He seems to be taking lines directly out of Tolkein: "You have to smell the trees, feel the moss under your feet..." How strange that ...

I think we analyze things from a writer's standpoint, and that's why most of us don't like him. I agree with you fully, that as writers ourselves, and especially being ...

Plays? I don't think so. We've ruled out fairy tales and epic poems, so I don't think plays would count either. Unless, of course, the play has also been turned ...

He's probably never heard the word 'foil', in the literary sense. :P

I've only seen the movie, which was an adaption of the musical, which in turn was an adaption of the book, so I can't really comment. All I can say ...

Like I said, I honestly think most people that DID like the books liked them because the characters were well drawn, and were identifiable. That's what I think, anyway. But, ...

The reason it's so unbelievably bad is, mostly, because it's just an imitation of other, better, works. The plot mirrors Star Wars, practically scene for scene, well the world itself ...

Please, PLEASE, for the love of god, put your nominations in the Nominations thread. And if you want Roald Dahl, then nominate him. In the Nominations thread .

The Narnia series just manages to get into the classics nominations, by a year.