![]() ![]() But decades later many of the Tolkien clones haven’t aged all that well. I willingly read many of these works back in the day and occasionally still do. Now, this stuff wasn’t all bad it filled a need and offered a safe, enjoyable formula. This pattern continued into the 1980s with the publication of works like Dennis McKiernan’s Iron Tower trilogy, the series showing the clearest Tolkien “influence” of them all and one that literally provided more of the same. In the 1960s Frodo lived and the reading public was hungry for more, and derivative works like The Sword of Shannara met that demand. The shadow of The Lord of the Rings is long, indeed. ![]()
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