Thread: Is all fantasy derivative of Tolkien? How to prove it isn't?
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Old 10-04-2014, 02:18 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by mgbino View Post
Read Perdido Street Station by China Mievelle and see if you can find even the slightest LOTR influence in it.

I doubt it.
China Mieville is an excellent representative of New Weird genre, which is influenced by Lovecraft.
Here's what he said about Tolkien:

Miéville works to move fantasy away from J. R. R. Tolkien's influence, which for him is stultifying and reactionary. He once described Tolkien as "the wen on the arse of fantasy literature."[6] Miéville has cited Michael de Larrabeiti's Borrible Trilogy as one of his biggest influences; he wrote an introduction for the trilogy's 2002 reissue. The introduction was eventually left out of the book, but is now available on de Larrabeiti's website.[7] Miéville is also indebted to Moorcock, having cited his essay "Epic Pooh" as the source upon which he is "riffing" or even simply "cheerleading" in his critique of Tolkien-imitative fantasy.

-wiki
now that may be harsh, and I don't quite agree with him, but not everyone in fantasy worships Tolkien.

I also agree with the guy who mentioned Malazan. Simply put, people who equate fantasy with Tolkien, or Tolkien derivatives are not really knowledgeable in the genre.
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