![]() ![]() The common ground between these two very different authors is their passion for world-building, and this is one of the important traditions in fantasy literature shared with countless other writers. Tolkien's fight against evil contrasts with Martin's political machinations, his rough humor and wickedly ironic plot twists. These two works do indeed cover a wide spectrum of fantastical themes. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire", on the other hand, only reached it's current enormous, and thoroughly deserved, level of popularity with the TV adaptation "Game Of Thrones". Tolkien's "Lord Of The Rings" was widely considered the genre's essential work even before a movie trilogy further boosted its popularity. ![]() At first glance one might think that fantasy literature these days consists mainly of the "4 R's" J.R.R. ![]()
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