We caused a uproar in MPH today. The We is me and R. We were browsing thru books when he asked," Between Tolkien and Lewis,who is a better writer?" and that started a full debate on authors which unfortunately included Poe,Dahl,Bronte sisters, Dickens, Twain,Rice and lastly Shelley
Personally,I have a love and hate relationship with Tolkien,He made me wasted about 6 months,reading and rereading the books (I had the opportunity to read the deluxe version of Lord of the Rings along with the appendices). As some of u might know,Tolkien have the magic touch where he captures the readers to read on even though they are sick of the unwanted ballads and background stories of a few characters that were mention once or twice in the books. A few times,I wanted to throw the books out of the windows and be happy that not knowing the ending is so much better plus I'll stop straining my eyes reading the small fonts of his books.
Lewis is so much straightforward and easier to read,The Witch,the Lion and the Wardrobe and its sequels were digested within a month. He created Narnia,brought it to the Golden Ages and finally destroys Narnia and guess what,he actually uses lesser words than Tolkien to achieve that. FYI,both authors were friends and both text carried the same msgs.
Dahl is my favourite author,he sits comfortable at the top position of my list. His books could bring smile to ur face even when ur on the 1st page. His writing style is so "sempoi".....
Erm,I really could talk about books and authors all day......
4 comments:
Both authors catered for different age groups of readers. Lewis is more to the junior high school groups, so that they can understand the contents with their level of English.
Tolkien who was a Professor of English Literature obviously targets his audience with a different standard of English.
And of course, the movies on novel adaption don't always fare better than the books.
Pikey is absolutely right, Tolkein's use of english is far superior compared to Lewis and Dahl, whose target audience are younger. Maybe thats why Lewis took less time compared to Tolkien.
enjoy the book and dont compare who's better. absorb all knowledge be it from 'good' or 'better' authors.
[Jino] - A man's not a man unless he knows how to shoot
Pikey and Lucas:So true,like I said I have a love and hate relationship with him.
Jino: hahahaha...that is the wisest words ever
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