JRR Tolkien | Lord Of the Rings
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JRR Tolkien vs. JK Rowling
Suggested by Nenya: JK Rowling (Harry potter) or JRR Tolkien (Lord Of the Rings). These 2 authors and their books somehow seem to be in an unoffical rivalry.
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#1Tataie [1]
11-26-2008 | 8:37 pmHarry potter is the best.
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#2Anonymous [882]
4-6-2010 | 5:34 amBecause. I enjoy them better. They’re more human. The world she created seems better developed and more fully-fledged. ‘Potter’ is capitalized, by the way.
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11-30-2008 | 3:58 pm
lotr rock on
12-12-2008 | 11:25 pm
Tolkien invented a massive world, with many generations, races, stories on a massive scale. Not only that, he even still had more, but was unable to reveal them due to his death. He showed a darker side to magic and what it can do to people. His characters seem incredibly lifelike as well and he pretty much revolutionized the Fantasy world.
Rowling, while being quite a good author, didn’t do NEARLY as much as Tolkien did. She’s very good for an author, but she’s not on Tolkien’s level.
2-17-2009 | 3:54 am
Wow this is not even worth a debate it’s so obvious.
LotR will live on forever whereas the Harry Potter craze will be over soon.
5-3-2009 | 3:56 pm
MUCH better story!
6-19-2009 | 10:16 pm
Mr. Tolkien has many ideas from himself. I am very Surprised Christopher Tolkien doesn’t sue Rowling. Here is why:
Similarity Lord of the Rings Harry Potter
Villian Sauron is the head of evil. He lost his power, and needs the ring to gain it all back Voldemort is also a vanquished evil wizard. He needs the Sorcerer’s Stone in order to gain his strength back
Unlikely Hero Frodo Baggins is a Hobbit, a peaceful — almost childish — and weak race. He is entrusted with the task of saving the world from great evil Harry is an 11 year orphan who does much the same
Special Object The One Ring is the object that the hero must prevent the villian from getting, so as to regain his full powers The Sorcerer’s Stone is the same
Mentor/Protector Gandalf is a guiding, helping, mentoring, teaching figure for Frodo Professor Dumbledore is the same in the Harry Potter series
Troll In the Fellowship of the Ring, the Orcs have a Cave Troll with them, and in The Two Towers, the Cave Trolls open the gates of Mordor In Harry Potter II, there is a Mountain Troll, whom Harry and his friends have to overpower
Giant Spider Shelob is a giant spider that almost kills and eats Frodo, in The Return of the King In the forest, there is a talking spider. It is a friend of Hagred, but chases Harry wanting to eat him
Giant raptor bird A giant eagle saves Gandalf from Isengard In the Prisoner of Azkaban, Buckbeak is a giant raptor helping Harry and friends
Dragon In the Hobbit, the prelude to The Lord of the Rings, the dragon Smaug is Bilbo Baggins adversary In Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets, there is a dragon like reptilian monster, the Basilisk, whom Harry has to slay
Goblins The goblins are one of the races of evil allying with Sauron and Saruman There are goblins who run the bank. They are physically similar to the other ones, although mostly benign
Sidekick “Creature” In Lord of the Ring, Gollum is a creature with both dual good and evil personalities. He helps Frodo in his quest Dobby is a house elf who is both a hinderance and helpful at different times
10-13-2009 | 1:10 am
LOTR is more a fairy tale and creative art while HP is pure commerce.
12-5-2009 | 1:50 pm
jrr tolkien is the daddy of all fantasy movies. jk rowling just copied his works because she did not have one of her own.
1-10-2010 | 5:28 pm
I personally prefer Tolkien. Much more mature writing style and much richer fantasy world. Created a whole freaking LANGUAGE. More than one. Some people say his works are boring, but ‘boring’ is just an opinion, not a fact. The professor’s themes are far more complicated and thought provoking.
Harry Potter is ok, but Tolkien runs the show.
5-3-2010 | 7:27 pm
Why!Why! I will tell you why, because Tolkien is said to be “the father of the modern fantasy”! He created a world much larger and deeper than the one in “Harry Poter”. The “Silmarillion”, “Unfinished tales”, “The Hobbit” and of course “The Lord of the rings”
Elves,dwarves,man,orcs and trolls all live in that world of pure fantasy.
8-5-2010 | 5:14 am
1) LOTR is intellectual HP is just plain stupid.
2) within the series tolkien uses theological and philosophical references to illustrate the dynamics of the story; this in itself is just plain fucking awesome.
3) tolkien studied languages for fun and used his knowledge of global tounges to create a language for each race of creature..with grammar,syntax etc.
4) tolkien is a all around literary badass.