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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I think John O'Hara holds the top honors in long winded descriptions that 
lend nothing to the story line.  I gave up reading him after he seems to go 
on for dozens of pages, I think it was only 8, to describe the mink coat in 
Butterfield 8.

Lynda
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From: <rayzentz AT aim.com>


> To any concerned, if at all.
>
> I have read all of Tolkiens works over the years,  and enjoyed them. 
> However, his writing style is archaic, and he can take pages describing 
> the leaves on a tree (slight exaggeration, but not much).   His characters 
> tend to be paper cutouts.   Still, he began a genre that gets better and 
> better.   For a really good epic fantasy read, I recommend David Eddings, 
> particularly the Belgariad series, or the Rose of The Prophet series. 
> Wonderful characters, and fantasy at its best.   Curl up in front of a 
> fire, and prepare to enter a new world...