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Originally Posted by parallaxicality
Pratchett is fun indeed, but hard to get into; it's difficult to know where to start. I found my first experience of Pratchett rather dull, but his universe grows with the reading, and, as you come to appreciate the characters more, the whole really does become far greater than the sum of its parts.
Terry Brooks ripped off Tolkien so shamelessly there really isn't much point in reading him- read The Lord of the Rings instead. It's far better.
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I'll have to give Prachets stuff a second chance then. I couldn't get into the first one.
Ideas do not exist in a vacuum. Saying Terry Brooks ripped off Tolkien is like saying Star Trek ripped off Star Wars. Every fantasy writer since Tolkien has most if not all of the same type of characters and situations in thier story. The next time your at the bookstore pick up most Fantasy hardcovers and you will be able to pick out Gandolf, Frodo, Aragorn, Smaug, Sheelob, Gimli, Black Riders, The White City, and countless other Tolkien references on the cover. Did Tolkien rip off the Brothers Grim and Viking Mythology then?
If you still count this as ripping off Tolkien Brooks got rich writting a series of books beloved by millions of fans. No shame in that. He also wrote a lot more books then Tolkien did.
I like Brooks and Tolkien equally. You are forgeting that Brooks has written about 13 books in the Shannara series as well. Obviously they can't all "Rip" off Tolkien.