*has been reading too much fantasy lately*

[aebhel]

Suddenly the great beast beat its hideous wings, and the wind of them was foul. Again it leaped into the air, then swiftly fell down upon Eowyn, shrieking, striking with beak and claw.

Still she did not blanch: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings, slender but as a steel-blade, fair yet terrible. A swift stroke she dealt, skilled and deadly. The

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[lazaefair]

Somehow he evokes the best imagery, despite the questionable prose.

[aebhel]

I have to be in the right mood to read Tolkien, otherwise he just annoys me. But when I've got a taste for them, I cannot put the books down.