Orin Mevar
Amiu the only one who was utterly confused by Tolkiens "The Simarillion"? So many names.. so many places... all i got out of reading ht efirst chapter was a headache.. and ive been reading since i was 4 or 5... blah. All of the rest of his books i really enjoyed though.
No. Most certainly not. xp
I've read it over a couple of times, though, and it eventually starts to make sense. It's a lot like reading the Old Testament, though. sweatdrop
I think all the confusion was the result of trying to compress something that should be worth an entire bookshelf of length (like the Lord of the Rings), into 1000 something pages. stressed
But I guess what helped me understand it, is reading it, whenever I first read it, once, then going back to it when I was older. It makes much more sense. 3nodding
@Sol Masecri: That may also be why his books are so bland, then again, he spent more time as a college professor than writing books like most writers (minus the time it took to write the books he did write).
Since I've already made it obvious who my favorite author is, I guess I'll just mention some other authors whose books I've liked about as much:
C.S. Lewis, Brian Jacques (I used to love the Redwall series), J.K. Rowling, Madeleine L'engal (sp?), Ursula K. Le Guin, and numerous others I can't give a name to at the moment.
Although, this thread is helpful, because I've never read most of the books mentioned here. So it looks like I have a new reading list. xp
And, as for the Paolini, Eragon issue, he isn't a horrible person, or a horrible writer, he just pisses off all the other more noteworthy authors who haven't been published. Might have something to do with his parents owning the publishing company... (on a side note, he could probably write pretty good children's books if he wanted to...)
One more thing, which I know is off topic, but I have to mention my #1 favorite illustrator (for now anyway); John Howe *worships* ^-^
