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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 512330" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReUmbran,I highly disagree that modern day fantasy readers don't enjoy Tolkien. I might be able to see your point for young fantasy readers, but modern day.Tolkien is an adult book requiring a higher level of comprehension than most fantasy books to grasp the story. Certain dialogue in the books is beyond most young peoples ability to comprehend.Even I had a difficult time enjoying Tolkien when I was a youth. I was much too active and didn't want to sit around reading three big books.When I reached adulthood, I finally picked them up and gave them a good read. I was amazed at what I did not appreciate when I was younger about Tolkien's amazing story.Colonel Hardisson,Hmmm...The Once and Future King seemed to use an older dialect of English. When I say modern, I pretty much mean last 20 years. I don't like to read modern day curse words and read dialogue attributable to a modern day twentie something.I have not even heard of the other two books you mention. I will have to look up some background on the books, see if they are stories I might enjoy.</blockquote>