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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dimwhit" data-source="post: 1372893" data-attributes="member: 2576">I was always a huge Brooks fan, and Sword of Shannara was my favorite. I still really like it, but more for nostalgia and "classic" reasons. I read LotR, but wasn't too impressed. Had Tolkein written those books in the 70s or 80s, they would have been largely passed over, in my opinion. And there's no denying that Brooks was heavily influenced by Tolkein, but I think similarities between the two end about halfway through the Sword of Shannara.My opinion is that Brooks is a "classic" fantasy author. He was in no small part responsible for the re-emergence of Fantasy in the late 70s. On the other hand, all his books have such a similar style that I stopped reading them. (I did really like Magic Kingdom, though.)He'll always be a favorite of mine, for sentimental reasons if nothing else. And he's good to read if you ever get tired of all the smut and other crap filling Fantasy these days.</blockquote>