Oh, grow up guys. :) JK.
I've said before though "There is nothing new under the sun" I challenge any of you to come up with something COMPLETELY new. Tolkien almose succeded with his Hobbits, and the Ents are pretty good, though they bear similarities to Dryads and Hamadryads. Graham is doing good to have come up with his Battle Brothers and Kumatin, even if we really don't know exactly what it is.
Oh, and the Malakim are closer to Orks than the Grendoli are to anything in the Silmarillian or Lost Tales. ("Tolkien had a VRY simalar character in Middle-Earth if u've read the Silmarilion and the book of lost tales, etc. Malikim were original.") So if anything, the Grendolai would be the more original of the two.

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It's not my absolute fav series, but I still really love them. The writing isn't as skillful as other's pehaps, but the charecter are great.

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> Ciao Wrote:
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> > As for BotB being like LotR, LotR did pretty
> much
> > everything y'know. Like, what didn't Tolkien
> do?
> > He had TALKING TREES, a random guy that sang
> about
> > his YELLOW BOOTS, ROUND DOORS, freaky guys in
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> > black, elves and dwarves (BotB doesn't have
> > that!), and super short people in the book.
> It's
> > hard not to cover something he's done.
> Seriously
> > now. Gotta admit, the Great Bear, Grendolai,
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> > Malikim and whatnot were toatally original.
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> calm urself. THE GRENDOLAI ARE NOT ORIGINAL!
> Tolkien had a VRY simalar character in
> Middle-Earth if u've read the Silmarilion and the
> book of lost tales, etc. Malikim were original.
> Great Bear was not totally original. It was
> half-and-half. I think the books are great. I am a
> total story succer though. However if you get me
> in a sensible mood, where i am not so bored that
> ill do something crazy, then i am a vry tough book
> critic. and these books are solid. although i do
> admit it harbors of LOTR alot, they are solid.

umm... just for the record, i wasn't being... uncalm (sorry, only word i could think of... =D) italics just didn't occur to me at the moment....

Calvin and Hobbes: L.B Graham is no where Near as good as tolkien (seriosly, who ever will be) BUT after Tolkien and maybe C.S. Lewis I consider him to have a WONDERFUL imagination and a lot of guts to undertake writing five such thick books. It's true there is nothing new under the sun, but I think that LB has done a good job of trying to make there be something new under the sun. His writing style could use a little work, but hey, let's not split hairs. I can't wait to read the last book. Happy roasting yourself.

okay, uh mindarin...i never said he was ALL krap, just that people on here seemed to be worshipping them, so i just pointed out some things in the books to try and get peoples thoughts on the books back down to reality...where they belong...good, but not that original, and dragging at parts...but still worth reading once or so...

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thank you,

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I never said you did say that. I'm just saying that even though the books may not be perfevt they are definately a very good series. Do you think that you could write one as good?

(Sorry if this makes you mad or anything)

He couldn't:) Right Calvin.

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"Do you think that you could write one as good? "

i don't know...as of now? no...but then again, l.b. didn't write them at 17 either...also, i have no clue where i'll end up, so i can;t answer wether or not i'll be able to do better later in life...i guess we'll find out...

"(Sorry if this makes you mad or anything) "

nah...i'm virtually impossible to get mad...sorry if i come off mad sometimes on this forum...

"He couldn't:) Right Calvin."

(see above answer)

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oh, and you can still check out hot topics and debates here: [z4.invisionfree.com]

thank you,

CalvinandHobbes

i think they are terrific! i definetly dont worship them, but i actually quite enjoyed the fourth book, read it in three days!

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