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Re: Good Books

From:Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
Date:Saturday, March 6, 2004, 0:41
From:    Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
> Quoting David Peterson <ThatBlueCat@...>: > > Also, as opposed to Tolkien, it's actually good > > writing and literature, and worth reading. > > I guess I should be impressed by the bravery of anyone who > states as a fact that Tolkien is not worth reading.
Heck, I enjoyed Tolkien too, but he's no Dostoevsky. Surely you will admit at least that Tolkien is stronger on exposition of plot than he is on development of characterization? [*Not* going to get into a big argument about this.] ========================================================================= Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally, Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of 1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter. Chicago, IL 60637

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