Tolkien Drabble

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., b.jebenstreit at b... wrote:

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> 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

Just make it past the beginning of the book, and you should be fine.  
It starts out in a style rather similar to the Hobbit, but the style 
slides over into darker tones.  Some elements are also slightly 
changed in LotR.