re: #278 JasonA

I’m not putting Tolkien down, for the record. I think I need to clear that up.

It really depends on your personal reading history. My debut in the fantasy genre were the inferior Dragonlance novels in my teenage years. Also played a fair amount of RPGs. By the time I picked up LOTR at 19, it felt a little formulaic. I knew LOTR started it all, but I couldn’t shake the sensation nevertheless.