1st July 2003, 6:38 PM
I don't like the way Tolkien uses old English, and I love the Wheel of Time much more than LOTR. But you can't deny that everything else is a takeoff in one way or another. It doesn't mean everything else is bad, not at all, but you kinda have to consider Tolkien's books the best because without them we might not have fantasy books, movies, and games.