A little more sacrilege... Tolkien. Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece.

The Hobbit, on its own merits, I would just dislike, but what makes me hate the friggin' Hobbit is the number of people who, when asked if they've read Lord of the Rings, say "No, I read the Hobbit and didn't really like it...".

I've tried the Silmarillion a few times and couldn't get past a couple of chapters. The tone just seems pretentious, like he's trying too hard to epic and surpass the Lord of the Rings in, um, epicness.

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