Whats your fave between lotr and CON?

[she-elfwarrior19]

Whats your fave series, lord of the rings? Or chronivles of Narnia? Me of course i would totally choose Narnia, but im still a huge lotr fan to
what do you think? :eek:

[DryadofLanternWaste]

I would probably have to pick Lord of the Rings over Chronicles of Narnia simply because of the depth in the former. If I had to choose between Lewis and Tolkien as authors that would prove more difficult. They had such different styles and aren't really comparable.
that's my two cents
-DoLW

[she-elfwarrior19]

ic ic, well that your opinion but one of my reasons are that i grew up learning and reading narnia so i am kinda more close to it
anyone else that can choose between go for it?

[The Prince]

well I used to like CoN better but Then when the LotR movies came out that really hooked me but now that they have all come out and its "over" Iv kinda gone back to reading and loving CoN ;)

[pacifiquesea]

Lord of the Rings if my favorite of the two, though it is a really close call. They're such different entities that it's hard to decide.

[she-elfwarrior19]

as much as i love the lotr movie's im still more hooked on CON. But i hope the lww movie will be better then the lotr ones. I have collected a few lotr action toys, but i saw a few images of the LWW ones and they look way better in my opinion :)

[she-elfwarrior19]

ok so you chose between lotr and CON now choose between Harry Potter. Me i absolutely "hate" (sorry) HP. So whats your fave now between these three? is this a hard or easy question?

[pacifiquesea]

Harry Potter can't even compare.

[she-elfwarrior19]

i totally agree with that

[rosymole]

Potter is not as well wrtten (imo) as either LotR or CoN, although the thought behind it and the created world are very interesting, LotR is far more detailed- the languages, the history, CoN is just beautiful but I would have liked to have seen it taken further.
It's very difficult to choose a favorite. do like HP, and have no problems with it's supposed links to witch craft (I'm keeping away from the other thread on that subject because I may rant) , but I don't beleive it could be better than LotR iin any way, and I will always have a hge love for NArnia because it was the first book of it's kind which I read.

[she-elfwarrior19]

alright interesting,good. Anyone else? have a fave between lotr,com,hp?

[Yenn]

Hmm, it is difficoult to choose...LOTR is more hmmmmm grown up, there is more complicated plot and so one..but CoN was my first love of fantasy, I remember, when I was a little child and I was watching the series few times in television, always, when I had winter holidays...:) CoN has got a specific magic of childhood..magic of my dreams about the door in my wordrobe..Really, I don't know, which one...:)

And potter?:)I like him, but the LOTR and Narnia are more important!

[she-elfwarrior19]

very interesting lol

[princesswrathful]

I personally prefer LOTR 'cause the characters are so complex and storyline so deep. It also has more beautiful writing if you ask me :)

[she-elfwarrior19]

yes i agree, the charecters are all unique and beautiful, but i pretty much grew up with CON since i was little so i kinda choose con over lotr but still love lotr aswell

[inkspot]

Rosy, I didn't see your avatar before today, it is beautiful!

I haven't read the HP books, so I cannot comment on them. But between CON and LOTR, it would be very difficult to call. As a child/teen, I would have said Narnia hands down (and I did read the ring cycle as a child/teen -- but preferred Narnia). Now, though, I see that as adult novels, LOTR has a complete history and mythology with language and dialect, that makes it the more intricate and involving of the two, for an adult. At the same time: as an adult whose life is sometimes scary and bewildering, I still take a great deal of comfort from escaping into Narnia. So where does that leave us? I guess I would choose Narnia, but it would be a very, very close call.

[nickumsix]

i for one am not a fan of lord of the rings. i do enjoy harry potter, but lord of the rings just leaves me dry. it's too... i don't know, into itself i guess. of course, narnia blows them both away. they're just so stunningly beautiful, especially the last battle, that it's hard to compare almost anything to them.

[Legolas1212]

NOT INTO LOTR?????!!!!!???? Lol, I just don't see how that can be POSSIBLE. But different people like different things I suppose.... :confused:
Well, I've read Harry Potter and I sort of like it but not ALOT ALOT. It's OK. J.K. Rowling's a good writer - and came up with something very original - but so did Tolkien. :D
I actually don't like Narnia as much as LOTR. I know you'll probably be shocked. But they're almost equal... that's just my personal opinion, so don't be offended or anything. ;)

[rosymole]

I can really understand why peeps don't like LotR - it toko me ages ot get into it, and my 80 year old grandfather still can't cope with it- and he's a very well read man- some people it just doesn't grasp - but fair enough - you like CoN -rock on!

[waterhogboy]

I'm with you on not being well into LotR. I like the films but not so much the books. I prefer CoN and HP

[Legolas1212]

OK, so the books are a little dry. But they're great literature I think! Like up there with Dickens, L'Engle, etc. etc.!!!! I'm sorry - I'm just crazy about LOTR. :p The movies, duh, are good but so are the books.

[Ellesar]

Chronicles of Narnia or LOTR? I can't decide between the two because I love both of them!

[Eruname]

I would have to say CoN, as much as I LOVE LOTR.... oh well actually I think I like lotr better.... oh no I'm confusing myself now!!! AAAAHHHHHH!

[Legolas1212]

LOL! Just like them equally. That always solves a problem. :) *sighs* but sometimes makes it more complicated.

[she-elfwarrior19]

i have never read hp and saw a few movies but im not really enjoying them, im not really a fan. Waterhogboy who is the person in your sig?

[waterhogboy]

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[inkspot]

OK, so the books are a little dry.

Sorry, I can't allow that the LOTR books are dry. They are charming in every aspect. Everyone should start with reading The Hobbit. It is a light-hearted adventure that eases you in to the life-or-death grimness and glory of LOTR.

[rosymole]

I agree with you about reading the Hobbit first Inkspot - it's by far the best introduction to Middle Earth - we read it at school which I was very pleased with, already being able to quote vast chunks of it!
I think that, IMO, some parts of LotR were a little, how shall I put this, 'twee', but that's only my opinion. The Silmarillion is a nigthmare, plain and simple, but well worth, and not so bad if your used to reading miles of dialogueless prose!

[Legolas1212]

I love the Hobbit! I've read it about seven times... :p
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[waterhogboy]

My unLotRness shows again. We read the hobbit at primary school to Rosymole but we only got to the spider forest bit. I decided to read on but I got bored at the bit with the barrel and so have never found out the ending...

I'm naughty with books - I can never finish them.

[inkspot]

You are missing one of life's greatest pleasures if you can't escape into a book. (At least one of my life's greatest pleasures!)

[Legolas1212]

how can you not like books? *shocked* oh well, everyone's different... lol

[Thanatos]

I love to read. I think i like LOTR more......mayB i like CoN more. No, lotr more. Great i cant decide!
I have read the hobbit (actully i own it), I love that book as well!

[inkspot]

Maybe it depends if you feel mature or immature ... sometimes I am just not able to handle Sauron and Gollum ... so then I would say CON is my favorite.

But other times I feel able to face the fact that there's more powerful evil in the world than what we get glimpses of in Narnia, and LOTR strikes a cord of truth, and then it is my favorite.

[Charlie Lovs Skandar]

CON definitly its mor 4 children i think i can understan it better than the LOTR

[x0_lizzie_x0]

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[Rhyanidd]

I dont think I could pick, they are so different that they really cant be compared.....Though I have always known CoN so I think that maybe I have certain loyalties towards CoN.....I guess I maybe would chose CoN.....but Could I be in both places though?

[Mrs Gil-Galad Took]

Would you be the same Reepicheep in Middle-Earth as well? :p

[Saruman]

I would probably have to pick Lord of the Rings over Chronicles of Narnia simply because of the depth in the former. If I had to choose between Lewis and Tolkien as authors that would prove more difficult. They had such different styles and aren't really comparable.
that's my two cents
-DoLW

I think she has described my exact feelings on the matter. :D

LOTR has much more depth and a greater amount of history than do the Chronicles, and it is because of the extraordinary amount of detail that JRRT uses that really lays a foundation for just how grand and marvelous his works truly are. Yet I will always love and enjoy the CoN, two of the world's greatest works of fiction, in my estimation.

[Grey Pilgrim]

i love lotr the reasons are because it has depth into the world that is middle earth and narnia has to regluios background

[Twilight]

I would have to say LotR. I love CoN too, but LotR is...I don't know, my favorite of the two. I've delved into it so deeply that it's hard to replace!

[Copperfox]

When it comes down to it, although I was introduced to Mr. Tolkien far earlier in life than to Mr. Lewis, I must vote for Narnia. "Lord of the Rings" did provide role models of heroism; but signs of Mr. Tolkien's Christian faith were buried so deep down that they might as well not have been there at all, for all the good they did me at first. (Note that I knew nothing back then about the Silmarillion with its revelations about God as Eru Iluvatar.) In fact, some aspects of the story were positive hindrances to my spiritual enlightenment as a teenager--for they led me to conceive the half-articulated question, "What kind of God would create a world and let Sauron do whatever he liked in it, without doing _anything_ to stop him, and then let the very salvation of that world depend, NOT on God Himself bearing the burden, but on the roll of the dice that a hobbit who was _not_ God incarnate _might_ make it to Mount Doom and throw the Ring into it?"

The Chronicles, on the other hand, put evil in its proper place vis-a-vis good, i.e. there IS a force of good clearly mightier than the White Witch or the Calormene empire.

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[Elendil]

Lord of the Rings Rules!!!! :D

[shortangel]

the chroncles of narnia, i like all 7 of them, wonderworks versions and the new version, i have rented the animated versions of the hobbit, the lord of the rings, the return of the king

[tottyfruitty]

CON but i love LOTR! i havent read the books but i have watched all the movies twice!

[hello mcfly]

lotr, its soo cool! My fave character is the little guy there, erm...the weird ugly one, but hes sooo adorable! Lol

[tottyfruitty]

haha i think he is really funny. i cant remeber his name though

[Mrs Gil-Galad Took]

It is tough to compare those two. You have to get into the world of LOTR although it is much harder and tougher to read than CoN. CoN is more written for children and much more to understand. LOTR is such a whole world itself. I am addicted to this world. When I read the books, I was lost forever in the world of hobbits, elves and dwarves etc. And when I saw the movies, (I don't always agree with some changes PJ made, but I do love the movies anyway) I was lost forever in this world.
HP is also very cool and CoN is of course very great as well. With Aslan as the person who makes you feel so comfortable and happy. but I do choose LOTR over CoN. I guess whatever poll will be made, LOTR will always be my number one. But of course it is great to read other books as well. I enjoyed CoN and I am proud to have those books also in my collection.

[Lila]

Of course I'll say Narnia, because I have never read or watched LOTR.

[umbrellaxscenexcore]

i HATE lotr... guess which one i say...

[fishoutofwater]

I love Narnia. LOTR was great, but there was too much war, not enough happy time.

[Aravis Kenobi]

Narnia is so much easier to read and understand. though I suppose LOTR would be considered more of a literary classic.

[Danny Darnia]

Narnia is so much easier to read and understand. though I suppose LOTR would be considered more of a literary classic.

Agree......I finished Narnia (translate edition) just a month but since last January until this time, I've finished not a single of any LOTR novels :rolleyes: sooooo lameeeeee :D