Talk:Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien

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[edit] What about Dennis L. McKiernan's Iron Tower Trilogy?

If every a story was a direct plagerism of LotR, that was it. It should be mentioned under "Literature", at the very least. Any similar opinions? 68.250.159.195 15:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Inspired by" is not the same as "to Adapt"

Should this article focus on works inspired by but not related to Tokien? Parts of the article make references to works that are direct adaptions of Tolkien's books. Shawnc 01:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

What will be the benefit if we go to split this into more than one list? -- Goldie (tell me) 06:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

The benefit would be a reduction in redundancy and an increase in comprehension. A further differentiation between 'inspired by' and 'paid to do' should be made. --Davémon (talk) 22:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Needs updating

This page needs updating to include the LotR musical in Toronto. Carcharoth 13:31, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bias?

"...largely rehashed and thoroughly defiled "The Lord of the Rings", and creatures such as elves and dwarves in his books bear similar qualities to the elves and dwarves of Middle-earth." In reference to Eragon. And while I share the sentiment, I'm pretty sure it's a pretty biased statement--ashley 05:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Plays

Were there really three radio plays? The article refers to two by the BBC in 1979 and 1981. My recollection is that in 1981 the BBC repeated the 1979 series but reformatted 26 half hour programmes into 13 one hour programmes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.22.200 (talk) 08:23, 2 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] What an article!

I'm totally impressed with this article. It's just amazing. Congratulations for all those who created it. I will, as soon as possible, translate it to the Portuguese Wikipedia. Thank you! Herenvaryar (talk) 21:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)