FFBB: Best Writer - Semi - JRR Tolkien vs. Scott Lynch

[ScarletBea]

#16 - JRR Tolkien

VS

#21 - Scott Lynch

[JMack]

Wow. Beloved characters, great story telling. This should be the final. 
Tolkien.

[Skip]

They are such different writers. I'm plodding my way through The Lies of Locke Lamora right now. Third try. I do not understand why it's so popular, as the MC is ridiculously overpowered and the authorial voice seems uneven to me. *shrug*

Tolkien doesn't just win, he lapped him on the backstretch.

[Lanko]

Went Lynch as I haven't yet read LoTR.

[NedMarcus]

They are such different writers. I'm plodding my way through The Lies of Locke Lamora right now. Third try. I do not understand why it's so popular, as the MC is ridiculously overpowered and the authorial voice seems uneven to me. *shrug*

Tolkien doesn't just win, he lapped him on the backstretch.

I've tried Lies of Locke Lamora twice, and didn't make it very far either. Tolkien wins, for me.

[cupiscent]

In contrast, I appreciate the work and vision of Tolkien, but I find Lynch's work ridiculously engaging, and with a few tiny niggles (that the author himself has spoken about) I think Lies of Locke Lamora is a nearly perfect book.

Always interesting how subjective things are.

[Elfy]

In contrast, I appreciate the work and vision of Tolkien, but I find Lynch's work ridiculously engaging, and with a few tiny niggles (that the author himself has spoken about) I think Lies of Locke Lamora is a nearly perfect book.

Always interesting how subjective things are.

I have the same view of Lies @cupiscent, but I can't ignore the impact JRRT had on the genre as a whole. Admittedly Scott's not a one trick pony, either. His short story A Year and a Day in Old Theradane is great as is the sadly unifinished pulp science fiction novel The Queen of the Iron Sands. Having said all that I voted for Tolkien.