And based on a D&D game, no less. You can even tell when the party turns up! I think The Scar does more world-building, and the Iron Council is his most personal novel, but Perdido Street Station is so strange, so familiar, and so lyrical all at the same time.
At the risk of drifting the thread, every time I think of the oft-rumored but rarely substanstiated Bas Lag RPG, I breathe a heavy sigh...
I was scrolling to the end to post this almost exactly.I absolutely love the Old Forest passages! I find them incredibly evocative.
The one part of the novel(s) that always feels like a slog to me is Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli’s hunt across Rohan. I first read that in the middle of the night, repeatedly falling asleep and reading the same pages over and over. Nice to hear that perhaps Tolkien did that to me intentionally!
Well, I can't fail to like that one.
Yea, from my perspective this simply isn’t true having just finished the most recent book. You’re entitled to your opinion, of course, but his more subtle presentation perhaps eludes one who is looking for a more direct telling. He’s no Glen Cook, but he captures more than I think you give him credit for.
Ooh, good shout. I knew I was forgetting something.
Tolkien would have been inclined to agree
