Better story teller: J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis?

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gnosis · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

I would say C.S. Lewis was the better story teller, but J.R.R. wrote the better story.

I never found myself skipping parts of C.S. Lewis books to get to the good battles. Wink

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baddogma · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject:

joshuas3521 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject:

J.R.R. Tolkien. He could not only write a story but create a well colored alternate universe with family lines, languages, and lore. While sometimes tedious, you could spend years studying his work.
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baddogma · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject:

Dawkadoodle · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject:

While both are skillful and talented, I don't think one is better than the other. Their works are composed and imagined well but the fantasy and whimsical quest genres aren't my favorites.

BarkAtTheMoon · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject:

I haven't read Tolkien, but I read the Narnia series (most of it at least) as a kid and quit around maybe the fifth book because I did get bored with it. The whole pushing Christianity thing didn't exactly occur to me, but I do remember thinking the Aslan resurrection bit as being a wholly unoriginal knockoff of the Jesus story and wondering why he couldn't come up with an original storyline idea.
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tinker683 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject:

Tolkien

Why?

Because Sauron could beat the living shit out of Aslan, the 4 brats, and an Ice Queen without breaking stride (assuming he had legs, of course)

/cough

On a slighty more serious note, I prefer Tolkien just because while I found his style of storytelling difficult to get into, once I did I found it deeply enchanting. I have little doubt that man could take going to the bathroom and taking a dump into a epic story of good vs evil.
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joshuas3521 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject:

gnosis · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

baddogma · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

I just watched the first Narnia movie....it was ok, but predictable and overall weak....Lewis blows compared to Tolkien. What a copy cat. He may as well have named the lion Jebus. Also I know Narnia came before STAR WARS, but the ceremony at the end reeked of the one at the end of a new hope. I was waiting for R2D2 to let out a squeak and C3PO to be all polished and new.
I'll watch the other Narnias, but so far they are in different leagues.
I'm glad when I was a child my mom read LOTR to me and not Narnia. I would have fallen asleep.
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ShadowWulf · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:17 am Post subject:

Im going to have to say Tolkien, however i do agree that he can become somewhat over-detailed and it can slow the pace down alot.

I am curious as to the reason behind the poll though? Why just these 2 authors and not the other major great fantasy writers? There are others i prefer over either Lewis or Tolkien.

baddogma · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:30 am Post subject:

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