Fantasy and the problem with Tolkien

I didn’t read Tolkien until I was well into adulthood. So it was never my base, so to speak, of the fantasy genre. I read many fantasy books before reading his. Rather than his world being the foundation of every other fantasy I read, his was merely one among many.

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Painting: Sue Vincent

It has to be said that Tolkien causes problems. Quite apart from being so addictive that, once read, you are likely to go back and read the books again, you may never find anywhere quite as ric...