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bhbhbhhh t1_jecoi6e wrote

Within regular literature, Emile Zola and Honore de Balzac set out to write epic cycles exploring through every section of French society. Such can also describe the project James Joyce set out on with Ulysses. In fantasy too I've read enough books that really set out to put their alternate realities on the page.

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bhbhbhhh t1_jecnfwd wrote

> Or try writing about our world and capture all of its intricacies. Wouldn't be easy, right?

When I think about fantasy books that capture all the intricacies of their world, I don't think about The Lord of the Rings. I would say the saga really skimmed across the surface of the world. I never came away with a particularly meaningful image of what Gondor and Rohan are like as societies, what cultural quirks they have.

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bhbhbhhh t1_jecmupc wrote

Reply to comment by phiwong in Finally reading Tolkien by jdbrew

When I was reading it I felt the language was too modern for the story it was telling. The narration, not the dialogue. "Yep, this is a book of the twentieth century." They say that his writing gets more and more antiquated as the story goes on, but I can't say I perceived any of that.

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bhbhbhhh t1_j9yoe66 wrote

> I guess my observation is that given the number of people and serious writers who disagree with you, you might be lacking the self awareness to measure the difference between "I don't like" and "is bad".

As with Philip K. Dick's work, it seems very common to be highly critical of Foundation's technical quality.

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bhbhbhhh t1_j9ynvpz wrote

> generation were the first to reflect on this post war political climate where technology was being seeing as the driving force of societal development and prosperity so became key milestone works within the genre.

I would say this is highly inaccurate, given that the same could be said of Verne and Wells.

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bhbhbhhh t1_j6nbj6x wrote

There are a lot of incomplete history book trilogies that have been started in the past 20 years. I'm waiting on part 2 of Rick Atkinson's American Revolution trilogy, which should get past the Battle of Saratoga.

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