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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 9043643" data-attributes="member: 15700">Ugh. Edna Stumpf is exactly the type of reviewer I can't stand. It reeks of elitism ironically loaded with apparent ignorance, and is an example of what I was talking about. Cleary they have no idea that Tolkien stole many of his ideas about characters and plots from folklore, but infers that Tolkien created everything, and everyone else just took from Tolkien <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> The second big turnoff is this whole idea of &quot;If you don't like doctorate level writing, then you must be part of the unwashed illiterate masses.&quot; Novels are meant to be enjoyed; they aren't a literary competency test.&nbsp; I see this elitism often in books, movies and music, and it always bugs me.&nbsp; &quot;Eddings is for children, you're not a real fantasy reader unless you enjoy Guy Gavriel Kay.&quot; History has shown that Lester was right, and Edna can sod off.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 9043643, member: 15700"] Ugh. Edna Stumpf is exactly the type of reviewer I can't stand. It reeks of elitism ironically loaded with apparent ignorance, and is an example of what I was talking about. Cleary they have no idea that Tolkien stole many of his ideas about characters and plots from folklore, but infers that Tolkien created everything, and everyone else just took from Tolkien :rolleyes: The second big turnoff is this whole idea of "If you don't like doctorate level writing, then you must be part of the unwashed illiterate masses." Novels are meant to be enjoyed; they aren't a literary competency test. I see this elitism often in books, movies and music, and it always bugs me. "Eddings is for children, you're not a [I]real [/I]fantasy reader unless you enjoy Guy Gavriel Kay." History has shown that Lester was right, and Edna can sod off. [/QUOTE]

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