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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 1314304" data-attributes="member: 5868">Eddings has done the same, but I don't think either Eddings' or Jordan's worldviews match up to Tolkien's.  Tolkien has an immensely developed history, mythology, geography, cultures, etc that are linked to a remarkable depth by his study and development of language -- a field in which I believe he is unmatched among fiction writers.  The Silmarillion, Books of Lost Tales, Book of Unfinished Tales, LotR Appendices, etc are a tremendous amount of additional depth.The difference, of course, is that the worlds of Jordan and Eddings are much more visible to the reader than that of Tolkien, since they took the time and effort to publish their background material (something we wouldn't have at all from Tolkien except for his son's editting efforts, and from what I understand even the currently published work doesn't encompass all his writings).  Eddings and Jordan have a financial incentives to do so, since they're full-time writers; I don't think financial gain from his writing was ever one of Tolkien's incentives.If you'd said Jordan's background material is more polished, I'd agree -- if only because he had the time and interest to polish the material.  For more depth, my vote's to Tolkien.</blockquote>