Who wrote the most blatant/shameless rip-off of The Lord of the Rings?
Oh, boy.After scrolling through the answers, it appears I’m the only one who’s read this book. These books.The Adventurers Wanted Series.By that scum M.L. Foreman.LOOK AT THIS!!! Just LOOK at this!!It’s Smaug. It’s so obviously Smaug in the Lonely Mountain. Oh, and guess what the plot is?Alex, the literal definition of a Gary Sue, joins a band of travelers, becoming the 8th because 7 is a bad omen I think, in a far away land. Guess one of the ways you can get there?THROUGH A WARDROBE.Ok albeit that’s Lewis but still. Point stands it’s a ripoff.Oh, and guess what this band is doing? Reclaiming a horde of stolen treasure guarded by a dragon.Guess what they have to face? Trolls. Trolls and bandits.Oh and wraiths.Oh, and there’s someone who lives in a white tower who’s really wise and not at all a ripoff of Saruman.Oh and Alex is traveling with a wise wizard and an elf and some men and a few dwarves.Oh and elves can sleep while awake. And of course Alex can, even though he’s not an elf.Oh and Alex also has elven healing powers…like Elrond.Oh and let’s look at the sequels, why don’t we?Wow Alex, that’s an interesting horn you got there! You steal that from Boromir? And wow your blade glows blue? I’ve NEVER seen that before!Wow, is that a dwarves tomb of a king in a mine being mourned by another dwarf? WOW! Mr. Foreman you’re rwallt original!!Wow some subterranean Were-worms? Holy cow so unique! And what’s that Alex? You retire to a land of rolling hills and horses? A land known for horses? Hmmmmmmm.Wow Alex, you need to find an extremely powerful magical item to defeat a shadowy dark lord who threatens to cover the entire world with shadow, who’s also looking for said extremely powerful magical item? And you have to face dragons and goblins? With your wizard friend?GOLLY GEE MR. FOREMAN YOURE ON A ROLL!!!!!I hate this series with passion. I have never had books bring me such pure rage before.
Is the basic map from Game of Thrones stolen from Lord of the Rings?
A2AThis is my first look at the map of the Game of Thrones. I've never read past the first of Mr Martin's books or watched the TV series.At first glance I don't see enough significant similarities to justify a claim that it's "stolen from" Tolkien, although perhaps "inspired by" might be appropriate.When I think of the famous Middle-earth map from the Third Age the first thing that leaps to mind are the mountain ranges running in curiously near-straight lines (e.g., Ephyl Duath around Morder). The Game of Thrones map doesn't seem to place mountains with terrain any more realistically than Tolkien's but neither does it follow his distinctive mountains-in-lines pattern.Given Tolkien's association with the island of Great Britain, I've always found it extremely curious that Middle-earth has a distinct lack of significant populated islands after the Fall of Númenor. The Game of Thrones map seems to have several different island clusters with names, which I assume means people live there. If true, that's a significant difference from Middle-earth.Where Middle-earth is essentially one great big contiguous continent, the Game of Thrones map seems far more watery. Also, it's difficult to tell from a map this small, but where Tolkien's rivers almost always arise from mountain springs, the Game of Thrones map seems to depict rivers spontaneously forming far from mountains or hilly terrain. But that may be my inability to read the map rather than Mr Martin's error.I find it odd that Mr Martin appears to keep to the quite traditional "cold north, warm south" climatic regions of our own earth. I don't know if or how he describes the movement of weather patterns in Game of Thrones but I would imagine they flow generally west to east. In the fantasy world setting that I created, the north was a mixture of deserts and steamy jungle while the south was a frozen waste and weather patterns blew east to west, following the transit of the twin suns.So overall, I'm going to have to say that while there are some similarities, the Game of Thrones map doesn't appear -- at least to this noob -- to be a rip-off of Tolkien's Middle-earth map. Certainly not to the extent that Brooks' "Shannara" map was ... basically flip it 90 degrees and, hey presto, you're back in Middle-earth!
What are the similarities between the Skyrim and Game of Thrones storylines?
Mostly spoiler-free similarities:In A Song of Ice And Fire, the death of King Robert is the catalyst of political turmoil, and ultimately, civil war. In Skyrim, the death of High King Torryg is the catalyst for the civil war between the Empire and the Stormcloaks.One major plot line that started in A Game of Thrones is the rise of the undead wights in the north. In Skyrim, a similar, unexplained magical occurrence is leading to the emergence of the undead Draugr in the northern crypts.Both works approach permanent deaths more casually than other works in their respective mediums. George R. R. Martin has no problem letting major and minor characters die in his books. Likewise in Skyrim, followers and other major characters can suffer inglorious, seemingly casual deaths.Politically, the situation in Westeros and in Skyrim are similar. Both regions have a single King who rules the entire land, with numerous autonomous regions - Seven Kingdoms in Westeros and the nine holds in Skyrim. Each autonomous region is governed by a lord in Westeros, and by Jarls in Skyrim. Both countries have been conquered and held by a foreign, silver-haired force: The Targaryens and the Altmer.Coincidentally, both Skyrim's and Westeros' southwestern regions are named "The Reach," and are known as areas of great wealth.The city of Valyria and the Dwemer city of Blackreach have some similarities. They are both abandoned cities of an an ancient, advanced culture, renowned for their irreproducible metalworking.One major religion in A Song of Ice and Fire is the Faith of The Seven, whereas the land of Skyrim worships The Nine.Spoiler similarities below:[spoiler]Both Storm of Swords and Skyrim have weddings where one of the couple is assassinated in public.[/spoiler][spoiler]Bran Stark's storyline involves him looking backwards in time by warging through the weirwoods. The main storyline of Skyrim has the dragonborn looking backwards in time through the time rift, using The Elder Scrolls. In both instances, the past cannot be changed, only viewed.[/spoiler][spoiler]Both Storm of Swords and Skyrim have incidents where the current monarch is assassinated via poison. In Skyrim, however, the assassination fails due to a body switch.[/spoiler]
Is Lord of the Rings better than Game of Thrones?
The Lord of the Rings.The main attraction of Game of Thrones, at least to me, is the shock value. I like being challenged in my beliefs and assumptions, and that is something Game of Thrones does abundantly well. Like Neel Pandya says, the character development is very deep, and the entire premise of a war torn world where there are no moral absolutes is extremely intriguing. The actors involved have also given some of the best performances I have ever seen on television.That said, it simply does not have the repeat value of The Lord of the Rings.The reason is that most of the character development in Game of Thrones is an aid to further the story line. So if you have watched it once, and know the story, it has lost 90% of its USP, which is the (admittedly) brilliant plot.On the other hand, The Lord of the Rings is not just story telling, it is world building at its finest. The amount of detail that Tolkien crafted Middle-Earth in, and the amount of it that Peter Jackson managed to capture, is simply incredible. Maps, languages, races, an entire mythology: these are not things that get old with re-readings or re-watchings. They are things you marvel at anew each time.In short, Game of Thrones is brilliant, but its very USP, that of an extremely unpredictable plot, is what ultimately forces it to be a one-time watch (or perhaps two, if you're like me and are paranoid about missing some tiny detail in some obscure scene that no one else even remembers).
Should I read A Game of Thrones or Eragon?
Hello everyone. I really like to read action/adventure/fantasy novels. I just recently finished reading Lord Of The Rings, and it was great! I looked up what some other good fantasy novels might be, and many people on the internet seems to be saying that A Game of Thrones is good. But I've also heard many negative reviews about how the plot moves super slow, and it can be really boring at times, and how the books are very long. i don't mind if the books are long (I've read Harry Potter, those were long and great!) but i can't stand a book if it's boring in the middle. As for Eragon, i tried to read it once before, but i got bored of it and stopped. My friend loves the Eragon series and he's urging me to read it. I'm not sure which one i should read though. Thanks for all your answers I will pick best answer.
What is a better series? Eragon, Wheel of Time, or Lord of the Rings?
WOT by far. Rand could kill Eragon and the pansy from LOTR with one hand.
I have not watched game of thrones.Will society accept me?
Lol, sure. Not everyone has to like everything that's popular. I've only seen the first two seasons, and I don't know whether or not I'll end up watching the rest of the show.