lizards with make-up

[CrazyHedgehog]

nnooooo sssssshhhhhhhhh.
Haven't had time to read it yet!!

[Lulu Bennett]

im not that nasty. the only reason i wanted to know was because i wont find out till the movie because i just cant get into books. i was only just able to finish LotR and i really enjoied that book.

[adamanteus]

The LOTR books are written to fill a cultural void that Tolkien felt we suffered here in the USA.

Why do you feel that Tolkein wrote The Lord of the Rings for the US market?

[Stefan-A]

I was always under the impression that he looked to fill a cultural void in Britain, or rather try to create a kind of mythology he felt the culture lacked.

[Snaky]

I must say that I was a little disappointed with HP and the order of the Phoenix. I found it the least of all the films till now. Altough I like the fact that I've seen it on IMAX and for a part in 3D while I was in Florida It's just impossible to see it like that in Belgium.

I have a friend of mine who only reads fantasy like LOTR. He has quite a collection and says that there are some very good fantasy stories out there, but most won't reach the big audiance probably and some contain more than 10 books to read... He advised me "De drakentroon" (Dutch title), I've looked it up in English:

Can't say whether it's as good, better or worse as LOTR because I haven't read LOTR. I've read the first book (of the 5 if I'm correct) till now and found it good, it also has a complete world around it and a history that happened.

[KITKAT]

I was always under the impression that he looked to fill a cultural void in Britain, or rather try to create a kind of mythology he felt the culture lacked.

I actually read an interview with him, in which he said that WWI and WWII did not affect his writing as much as people think, and that he felt bad for those "from the west" who did not have the cultural, mythological, and historical stories of old to enjoy. I assumed by "the west" that he meant the western hemisphere...