Re: That Awful Epilogue and Lord of the Rings

Welsh Dog <welshdog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:44:16 -0700 (PDT), scenario_dave
: <scenario_dave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:>> : From this you can see the problems with the publications and more
:
:>> >: importantly as far as this is concerned the *dates* of the
:>> >: publications! Yes it was well received after a fashion but it
:>> >: nonetheless took almost 10 years before it achieved it's popularity.
:>> >I know that also,the point is the popularity it achieved was a huge
:>> >cultural phenomenon.
:
:>> After a ten year slow development yes, relative to it's time!
:
:>> Nevertheless, if was nowhere near ?as large as the Potter Books... nor
:>> did it achieve its cult status as quickly... ?which is the point!!
:
:>> Huge is a relative term
:
:>LOTR has sold over 150 Million books without the internet or a movie
:>to drive sales. I'm curious, which book will be read more 30 years
:>from now. LOTR has influenced many, many writers over the years.
:>Every fantasy book is compared to it. Fast doesn't mean better.
:
: Didn't say it did.
:
: What I was saying... am still saying... is that the Potter books are
: and will remain a far bigger shared cultural experience that LoR was
: or ever could be. The limitations of individual contacts being the way
: they are this is so obvious a point I'm amazed anyone could argue
: against it!!

Sounds like you are valuing the "breadth" of the "cultural experience"
while we're valuing its "depth".

:>> >: It was a slow 'organic' process so whilst it has it's place the
:>> >: overall scheme of things, The Potter series has rewritten the books
:>> >: (so to speak) as far as the 'shared cultural phenomenon' is concerned.
:>> >: At the time LoR was published it simply wasn't possible for it to do
:>> >: what The Potters did. Ten years is a *long* time for a book to
:>> >: languish whilst its popularity spreads.
:
: Welshdog

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