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Tolkien Vs Peake

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  • 09-11-2005 2:46pm
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    Chinafoot
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    So has anyone read both the Lord of the Rings and Gormenghast trilogies?

    Which did you prefer?

    Personally, while I found LOTR more accessible, Gormenghast has a dark humour that I really love.

    Any opinions?


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    tHE vAGGABOND
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    never heard of Gormenghas trilogy tbh..

    Maybe I'll see if I can pick it up..


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    Karoma
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    I preferred reading Gormenghast ..for the humour and writing style (And the illustrations :o) But,for story: Tolkien.

    (I haven't read all of the Gormenghast trilogy though..)


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    John
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    I haven't read Gormenghast yet. My girlfriend loves it so I keep meaning to check it out. But being the sort of person who reads all the History of Middle Earth books I can't see it knocking Tolkien of his pedastel.


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    Jay Tomio
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    I admire both writers greatly, but I consider Gormenghast to be one of the great works of fiction ever, and Peake one of the true master stylists in the history of speculative fiction. As pure writers I don't there is any comparisin,; where Tolkien crafted a arguably iconic work, Peake himself was iconic in my opinion.


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