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   From: ojevind.lang@bredband.net   
      
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   > Eddings is a bit comical: for all his denunciations of Tolkien, he   
   > obviously couldn't really manage to tear himself free from the   
   > Tolkienian tradition, though he, IMO, failed to capture any part of   
   > the 'Tolkienian spirit' as you call it. I'm not sure that it's quite   
   > a fair way to put it, but from his own statements one can get the   
   > impression that he tried to avoid attempting to imitate Tolkien --   
   > and failed. And failing he tried -- and failed :-/  (there is, again   
   > IMO, some enjoyable humour in his books that one doesn't really find   
   > in Tolkien's works, though for humorous fantasy I'd recommend   
   > Pratchett long before Eddings).   
      
   Eddings' attacks on Tolkien for creating "onedimensional characters" are   
   particularly bizarre since Tolkien in fact created some extremely vivid   
   characters (Galadriel, Frodo, Merry, Faramir, Denethor, Éowyn, Saruman and   
   others) whereas all Eddings' characters are dreadful stereotypes.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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