XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: ojevind.lang@bredband.net   
      
   "Steve Hayes"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:bde956pef075u7tn809oq926h115qppose@4ax.com...   
      
   >[snip]   
      
   > I first read the Earthsea trilogy in 1973, and enjoyed it. I wouldn't   
   > compare   
   > it with Tolkien, though.   
   >   
   > I reread it in 1980, and didn't enjoy it as much.   
   >   
   > I read the Quartet (including Tehanu) in 1994/5, and enjoyed it even less,   
   > and   
   > "Tehanu" was just plain boring.   
   >   
   > I didn't realise that others had been added, but I don't think I'll bother   
   > with them.   
   >   
   > Tolkien I enjoy more on re-reading, but le Guin I enjoyed less.   
      
   I still enjoy her older production, but I do think her books have aged a   
   bit. There's a pretentious tone, somehow.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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