Tolkien Drabble

[b.jebenstreit at biologie.uni-bielefeld.de]

After years of reading Fantasy, I thought I should give the - master?
- founder? - well, Tolkien another try and read the Hobbit and LOTR.
<Sigh.>
I am soon finished with the Hobbit and I remember why I stopped
reading it a couple of times. Though I admit that it is more enjoyable
in the English original - I don´t believe I would finish it in the
German translation. The story *is* interesting, *really* but I don´t
like to be talked like I was a child. I didn´t like it *when* I was a
child and I really feel it should not be that way in a childrens book.
That is why I love HP. It is meant as a childrens book (originally it
was, wasn´t it ;-) ) but you never feel as if JKR is talking down.
Still, when I look at the thick LOTR ominibus - Tolkien *did* use a
different style in that, didn´t he? Please, tell me it is so - or I
shall fail once again in finishing the tale. (And I really wanted to
finish it before watching the movie.)
Ethanol,
who was initiated into the realm of fantasy by Tad Williams and
William Horwood