Thread: Is all fantasy derivative of Tolkien? How to prove it isn't?
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Old 10-07-2014, 09:26 AM   #61
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Originally Posted by WillAdams View Post
Poul Anderson was very influential, but not on Tolkien. Read up on Michael Moorcock's finding inspiration for Elric in _The Broken Sword_.
You misunderstood my post completely.
I wasn't claiming Anderson influenced Tolkien. I was giving an example of fantasy before Tolkien's LOTR, that was overshadowed by the same and that was published before LOTR.
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