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> Hmm...seems plausable enough. Oddly, though, I haven't
> yet taken the liberty to read Tolkein's trilogy yet
> (possibly due to the fact I don't want to subconsciously
> take some of the ideas and use them.) I'll probably give
> it a read, though.
Subconsciously take some of the ideas? haha!
The way we see castle worlds like Ikros is because of tolkien. Warhammer,
the popular minitures game, owes alot to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. so
does the Sword of Shannara and the other Shannara books.
If not for lord of the rings, we would not have:
Orcs
Goblins as small green creatures
Halflings
Treants (which are a AD&D takeoff of Ents. Ents were copyrighted by then, i
think.)
Elves as tall, fair skinned tree loving creatures that use mostly bows
dwarves
a all powerful spirit evil
Demons of darkness
Im missing a few, i know.
If not for tolkien, there would be very little of what i mentioned above, and
all stories would be (maby not all) of knights in shining armor.
All mid-evil fantasy owes something to tolkien, so take the liberty and read it.
Alex
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