SW Novels vs LOTR Novels

Just curious what you Star Wars EU readers think of the LOTR books by Tolkien and how they compare?

I found them to have incredibly slow pace to them. I pushed through despite this and found the last half of 'Return of the King' to actually be not too bad. But I would still prefer to read ANY Star Wars books, even the likes of COTJ.

You can't really compare them. LOTR is a series of books made into a series of movies. SW is a series of movies, made into a bigger series of books.

Okay then. What are the SW fans opinions of the LOTR books (not the movies just the books)?

Never read the books.

However, you have just made your first step into a larger world.

<< Okay then. What are the SW fans opinions of the LOTR books (not the movies just the books)? >>

I have found the book *very* good. And to be honest, was a little dissapointed in the first movie, but i won't get into that.

Tolkien created a totally new world in his mind, filled with life that he envisioned, and thus took the time to describe it all very clearly for the benefit of the reader.

There is a lot of information that may not be necessary to the story, but it is necessary if you are to truly understand the world that this is all happening in.

If you give them a second read, you will probably find that they do move a lot faster as all their (admittedly) is a *LOT* of information presented in a short period of time.

Of course, they just might not be your cup of tea. I would rate them (along with Dune) as some of my favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories.

ridiculous. And : it's certainly true that to compare a novelisation with an original book is : ludicrous. And if you find the Lord of the Rings books slow-paced, then you : may have a short attention span (something exacerbated by too much : television, computer games, and fast-action movies). : I guess what I was asking was not a comparison of SW:ANH novelization to LOTR:FOTR original novel. But how LOTR compares to SW:EU novels for you. So both are originally books, not movies.

I personally, have also throughly enjoy other detailed and descriptive books though. As far as too much television, haven't had cable for is lucky it can run Outlook; fast-action movies, I do enjoy some but prefer movies like Schindler's List and Braveheart over most of them. Entertainment that these devices provide, I typically get from books. : : To quote Tolkien directly: 'Some who have read the book, or at any rate : reviewed it [I like this cutting, highly applicable remark], have found it : boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, since I : have similar opinions of their works, or of the kind of writing that they : evidently prefer.' : : I could even substitute 'read' with 'seen', 'book' with 'film', and : 'writing' with 'films' in the above quote, and apply it to a comparison of : the Lord of the Rings film with *one or two* of the Star Wars films: : : 'Some who have seen the film [FOTR], or at any rate reviewed it, have : found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, : since I have similar opinions of their films, or of the kind of films [e.g. : TPM] that they evidently prefer.' : I actually prefer FOTR over TPM on the film front. My favourite SW film is TESB which IMO has the least action but does the most for the storyline in the original trilogy.

Personally, I enjoyed LOTR much more than I could have ever enjoyed Star Wars because when I read it, I was creating the images in my mind of how each character should look. As far as the pace of it

I have read both the EU books and the lord of the rings and as a literary work, lord of the rings is far superior because of the quality of language used. However it is obviously not for everyone. In this day and age LOTR is a book whose language can be seen as long winded for the average reader now bought up reading novels rather than epics. LOTR can be compared to the likes of Homers works and angolo saxon narivitive but not the EU. The EU instead are books which are much lighter andare written for some one to dip in and out of at will. This makes them more accesible but at the cost that no English class is ever going to study them. Tolkien is a brilliant geographical writer whereas this discription quality is lacking in the EU series. Plus the Eu in itself is so inconsistent, I love the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Which was well written and kept me coming back more but the Planet of Twilight I think it was called was awful. To conclude both sets of books have advantages but they can't really be compared one is a piece of literacy art whereas the other isn't. These are my opinions.

<< So what was it that *you* didn't like?>>

basically, (and as someone alluded to in another post), that it didn't live up to my visualizations that i had.

It certainly wasn't a bad movie, but there you are.

: I have read both the EU books and the lord of the rings and as a literary : work, lord of the rings is far superior because of the quality of : language used. However it is obviously not for everyone. In this day : and age LOTR is a book whose language can be seen as long winded for the : average reader now bought up reading novels rather than epics. LOTR can : be compared to the likes of Homers works and angolo saxon narivitive but : not the EU. The EU instead are books which are much lighter andare : written for some one to dip in and out of at will. This makes them more : accesible but at the cost that no English class is ever going to study : them. Tolkien is a brilliant geographical writer whereas this : discription quality is lacking in the EU series. Plus the Eu in itself : is so inconsistent, I love the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Which was : well written and kept me coming back more but the Planet of Twilight I : think it was called was awful. To conclude both sets of books have : advantages but they can't really be compared one is a piece of literacy : art whereas the other isn't. These are my opinions. : Good points. I know other people have said similar stuff but I like how you have put it. Especially about dipping in and out of the EU and the continuity of LOTR. I wish the EU could have the same type of continuity but I'm happy with what I have.