Aug 02 2005 10:09:00 AM EDT
Rowling No Tolkien Fan
There was a flood of media coverage surrounding the recent release of the sixth Harry Potter novel, so it took me a while to come across this piece, in which J.K. Rowling reveals that she hasn’t finished either Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy or C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books. Hardly anyone had an Inkling that Rowling was no great fan of England’s biggest pre-Potter (and pre-Pratchett) fantasy exports — even though Rowling has done her own bit to improve the United Kingdom’s balance of trade.
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Feb 24 2006 01:58:27 PM EST
Comment by: Peter Kazmaier
I would like to know why J. K. Rowlings was not able to finish either the Narnia books or Lord of the Rings. I find that for some people, those aspects of the books that are of the greatest delight to me, they find most objectionable. Perhaps it is a matter of taste.
For my part having read all three series of books (Harry Potter is still a work in progress) I would say I liked them all, but Narnia and LOTR I will read over and over again while Harry Potter I will read only once. For me Narnia and LOTR have dimensions beyond the narrative that make them a worthwhile re-read.
Peter Kazmaier
www.PeterKazmaier.com