Solicitr
Mithlond
May 26 2020, 5:22pm
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I can't think of any fantasy writer since Robert Howard who wasn't influenced by Tolkien one way or another.* And certain writers (Terry Brooks) are little more than cheap Tolkien knockoffs.
What there are too few of are fantasy authors who go behind Tolkien to his own sources. And I don't mean "Encyclopedias of Mythology" but actually reading the Eddas and the sagas etcetera.
*That includes guys like Mieville and Moorcock whose work was written in negative reaction to Tolkien
(This post was edited by Solicitr on May 26 2020, 5:23pm)
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