So this pinged on my radar mostly because he disparages The Lord of the Rings. As someone who has read virtually everything Tolkein has written for popular consumption, and who is also currently balls-deep in writing his own fantasy book based on intricate world-building, unique magic systems, and etc, I both fear and loathe any suggestion that what I’m at is anything but high literary art. I mean, it’s not, but you don’t have to say it.
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