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I find LOTR "comforting" to read because I have read it many times and am familiar with it, not because the novel itself is intrinsically comforting. The thought that "many fair things will fade and be forgotten" is not comforting at all. YMMV.

No . . . while the story of Turin Turambar was written long before that of Elric!!, it wouldn't be published until 1977, long after Elric!! was in print. I agree with Akrasia that Turin is a much more interesting character than Elric!!

I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but where is it stated that Friday is black? I read it ages ago, and I recall that the cover of my copy portrayed a buxom white woman with short hair. EDIT: Now that I think about it, I am fairly certain that Friday is not any kind of minority or else she would...

Wow, even his essays are almost unreadable.

The hobbits certainly didn't get "hosed" -- in fact the events set in motion by the end of the War of the Rings ushered in a Renaissance age in hobbit culture. OK, so I'm exaggerating, but the hobbits of the Shire (with the exception of Frodo) seemed ultimately to profit from the destruction of...

I think it is true that he had a high regard for the monarchy and the aristocracy, but I'm not sure that "bias" is the right word for it. It's more like a bias in favor of a particular worldview (that men, including those who belong to the nobility, should know their place and act accordingly)...

Well, I doubt anyone will ever write a scholarly book entitled Moorcock: Author of the Century. :p Hmmm, well I am not really a fantasy fiction fan, but the four SF authors I think are generally mentioned as the biggies are: Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, and Niven. Would Moorcock be among the "big...

Whether an author is exempt from criticism or not has nothing to do with whether a given set of criticisms are valid.

QFT. I don't play or DM 3.X but it seems to me that all of the DM advice and many of the tables could be used in 3.X with no problem. Plus there's the random dungeon generator. . . . For example, there are rules on how to handle lycanthropy, drunkeness, and mental illness. Does the 3.X DMG...

I agree that the choices are (mostly) predictable (but then that might be hindsight: I know how the story ends), but I would disagree with the assertion that the choices are not difficult. The crux of the matter, IMHO, is this: Tolkien believed in Original Sin and his critics, by and large...

I personally find Aragorn & the gang far more believable than Driz'zt (to whom I think you're referring), but YMMV. As far as C.S. Lewis is concerned, I assume Moorcock is referring to his 'Narnia' stories -- can one really criticize them for not being "challenging" knowing what they are...

I'm sure he had one @ Allen & Unwin.

How many major characters have to die for the plotline not to be "safe"? If what you say below is true (I don't read much fantasy), then I would venture to guess that Tolkien's imitators don't really understand his stories all that well. Personally, I find Moorcock well-nigh unreadable. I...

I actually think that the sneakiness and toleration of fornication is much more out-of-character for a paladin-type than what you have described about surrender/conversion/execution (which is probably less "harsh" than typical mediaeval justice). In fact, it would probably not be out of...

A 4th-level Fighter. ;)

But is the RC pre- or post-2e? I don't rightly remember. I like the Rules Cyclopedia all right, but I'm not crazy about the PC levels going up to 36 (and thief skills adjusted accordingly). I'd prefer a lower max. level, such as Expert's 14. Incidentally, I think that one can make a perfectly...

Yes, hence Mayfair Games was able to indicate compatibility with AD&D on their Role-Aids line of modules and supplements. One might say "For use with D&D 3.5" but not "Approved for use with D&D 3.5" since the latter indicates the approval of the company that owns the trademark. I think you are...

The version of the OGL under which the 3.0 and 3.5 SRDs were published is irrevocable ("perpetual"). Of course, a new version of D&D might be released under a different OGL, one that can be revoked, or not released as "open gaming content" at all.

Goes well with my theory that AD&D is masculine and C&C is, well, not. :lol:

Yes, but don't you run them all? :p