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Title: The standard for Fantasy fiction
Review: I first read the Hobbit as a young child (but having a 12th + reading level in 4th grade made that an easy feat)and was immediatley drawn into Middle Eatrh. JRR Tolkien created an entire world, several languages and most importantly a story that will stand the test of time. Especially with the Lord of the Rings triology that followed Tolkien made Fantasy books what they are: an anology of our own history, both good and bad. The marshalling of the good powers against Mordor was nothing but WWII written in a fantasy style; superbley done. Most fantasy novels today are old reruns of Tolkiens work; I read some and give the books away; I still have The Hobbit, The Triology and The Simmerelian. The only modern fantasy novels that can compare (though the author is dragging things on a bit) is Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Look out for the first Lord of the Rings feature movie due sometime at the end of 2001.
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