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Originally Posted by pwalker8
There are quite a few writers who would love to play around in Tolkien's world. Terry Brooks' originally started writing stories based on Tolkien's works...
But consider where we might be. If copyright laws had remained as they were back in 1978, we might be seeing a set of books by various authors set in Tolkien's world. Certain like the Star Trek/Star Wars universes, some very good, some bad, most somewhere in the middle. But most certainly, the high fantasy genre would be revitalized.
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I know less about Tolkien than others here. But one of the things like liked about The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (and the first three Star Wars movies) is that there was this rich history in the background, much of it unspoken, but as a reader you could see that it was there.
I don't know what it is about fans (particularly fans of fantasy and sci-fi) that they feel the need to explore every last nook and cranny of a fantasy world, wringing every last little bit of magic possible out of it until they begin to resent it (something like what has happened to Star Wars when the prequels were released).
Often I think it is a better idea to enjoy something for what it is and then move on, rather than demanding more and more and more of something already enjoyed.