Steven_W_Ryan t1_ixpk7yv wrote
Lord of the Rings is much better than The Hobbit.
It is nice to know about Bilbo before you read LOTR, but not necessary.
LOTR is a must read for every book nerd, if you liked A Song of Ice and Fire you will likely enjoy LOTR, and unlike the former, LOTR actually has an ending, and a damn good one.
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Also, if you want a badass fantasy book with a much different feel, try The Scar by China Mieville.
liskamariella t1_ixpny60 wrote
Yeah I never read hobbit or watched the movie but the lotr books explaining a lot in the beginning so getting what happened in the hobbit isn't really hard even without the books.
I'm interested. What do you mean by different feel?
Steven_W_Ryan t1_ixppg15 wrote
Mieville's books are weird fantasy, so not the traditional medieval feel of most fantasy novels. Reading Mieville is a unique experience, whereas LOTR and A Song of Ice and Fire, and Wheel of Time, etc all have a lot in common. They are all Tolkienesque. Mieville's books are not Tolkienesque.
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