Re: [Misc] The Road Goes Ever On...

From:    Dreamer <dreamer@??????.?????.??.uk>
>While I have a lot of respect for the impressive work of JRR, a
>lot of people forget that there was also Mike Moorcock, the
>original Conan author, Robert E. Howard, I think it was, and a
>few others.  Jack Vance, of course.
>
>In some respects Moorcock was the most influential...
>
>Certainly very few people seemed to know about ideas like
>alternate planes of reality, and the Multiverse, not to mention
>the Law-Chaos axis, before he came along.
>
>Before Moorcock it was always in 'the mists of prehistory', or
>'in the far future when magic rules again'.

I certainly am aware of Moorcock's influence, you can see my review of
his Corum saga in _Knights of the Dinner Table_ #118 (the current
issue).

Ultimately, however, I think that Tolkien is much more influential, and more importantly, longer lasting.

simply put, IMo, Tolkien is literature, Moorcock tries hard, but he's just not.

Many folks prefer Moorcock, but he, some people prefer macaroni and
cheese to Filet Mignon.  That's just taste.

Tolkien's literary worth is really indisputable.