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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Laetca @ Dec 10 2008, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
Can someone please reprimand this guy for being a retard.
I've just finished (well yesterday anyway) The Roots of the Mountains by William Morris. Apparently it was one one of the works which heavily influenced Tolkien and you can see why. It doesn't have the same fantasy setting, yet it does have the same good versus evil struggle, great battles and female characters who actually fight rather than just being superfluous to the plot.
There are also socialist overtones and various quesitons over race and gender, but I spoke for 2 hours about those this morning and don't want to bore you with all the gory details.
It's well worth picking up if you like fantasy books, as it just share many similar characteristics, just in a slightly more historical setting. Just be prepared, much like Tolkien, to have to wade through a little bit of over-elaborate introduction before you get to the juicy stuff.
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It's been a while since I last read the LOTR trilogy, but I don't remember the women being fighters, except for Eowyn who dressed up as a lad. Do you just mean her, or did I forget about other girls kicking Uruk-Hai ass?
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I was tired when I wrote it. The women in Roots of the Mountains definately fight. The women in LOTR are at least useful and meaningful characters, which is more than be said for those written by a lot of male authors.
There are questions over whether Morris was a bit of a voyeur at times as well though, as he does tend to discuss asthetics a lot in all of his work.
Can someone please reprimand this guy for being a retard.
I've just finished (well yesterday anyway) The Roots of the Mountains by William Morris. Apparently it was one one of the works which heavily influenced Tolkien and you can see why. It doesn't have the same fantasy setting, yet it does have the same good versus evil struggle, great battles and female characters who actually fight rather than just being superfluous to the plot.
There are also socialist overtones and various quesitons over race and gender, but I spoke for 2 hours about those this morning and don't want to bore you with all the gory details.
It's well worth picking up if you like fantasy books, as it just share many similar characteristics, just in a slightly more historical setting. Just be prepared, much like Tolkien, to have to wade through a little bit of over-elaborate introduction before you get to the juicy stuff.
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It's been a while since I last read the LOTR trilogy, but I don't remember the women being fighters, except for Eowyn who dressed up as a lad. Do you just mean her, or did I forget about other girls kicking Uruk-Hai ass?
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I was tired when I wrote it. The women in Roots of the Mountains definately fight. The women in LOTR are at least useful and meaningful characters, which is more than be said for those written by a lot of male authors.
There are questions over whether Morris was a bit of a voyeur at times as well though, as he does tend to discuss asthetics a lot in all of his work.
